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Bitcoin has extended its record-breaking decline to below $19,000
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Techly360 | 19/06/2022 08:31 AM | Click to read full article
Bitcoin plunged below $19,000 for the first time since December 2020 as evidence of deepening stress within the crypto industry keeps piling up against a backdrop of monetary tightening.
The latest leg down pushed Bitcoin below $19,511, the high the coin hit during its last bull cycle in 2017, which it reached at the end of that year. Throughout its roughly 12-year trading history, Bitcoin has never dropped below previous cycle peaks.