Bitcoin Price Suffers Nasty Plunge, but It’s Too Early to Panic
Some unfortunate news is in the bitcoin books. Following an outage of global digital currency exchange Bitfinex, everybody’s favorite coin has undergone quite a plunge, and is hovering around $671 USD at press time, a drop of nearly $100 in the last 48 hours. Bitcoin Price Plunges Following Bitfinex Outage. As Bitcoinist.net recently wrote: “The Bitcoin price has taken a tumble today with the Bitfinex trading outage, starting around 5 PM Eastern Time, and continuing into the night… Bitfinex is citing “server migration issues” as the source of the outage delaying their projected re-launch....
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After weeks of sideways consolidation, Bitcoin suffered a nasty breakdown from its range and a 10% intraday plunge. The scenario, however, could potentially be a whats referred to as a “head fake” — that in the coming weeks reverses back to above $31,000. If not, a more sustained downtrend is also possible. Historic Bollinger Band […]
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2015 has not been a year without its hurdles. Bitcoin enthusiasts have encountered several scares over the last several months, regularly witnessing their favorite digital coin drop and fluctuate to the point that our mental states seemed to heading into very fragile territory. The year began on an unsteady path when in January, Bitcoin dropped into the $170 range. This sent fear and panic swerving through our spines, and naturally, we couldn’t get a full break after the occurrence. Eight months later, Bitcoin took another nasty fall, hitting $198 and causing everyone to sweat and consider....