Where does this 28% Bitcoin price drop rank in history? Not even in the top 5

Where does this 28% Bitcoin price drop rank in history? Not even in the top 5

At 28%, this weekend's BTC price action was decidedly average compared to the cryptocurrency's run-up to 2017 all-time highs. Bitcoin (BTC) may have dipped 28% in recent days but analysts have already put the scale of the losses firmly in context. As noted on Jan.12 by Nathaniel Whittemore, host of The Breakdown Podcast, the period between 2016 and 2017 alone saw a grand total of six corrections that were larger than this week's drawdown.BTC price correction bows to 20172017 is famous among market participants as being a record-breaking year for price action. In addition to 1,000% annual....


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