Bitcoin tumbles 9.95% to $48,397.56

Bitcoin tumbles 9.95% to $48,397.56

(Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped 9.95% to $48,397.56 at 18:02 GMT on Saturday, losing $5,346.13 from its previous close.

Our top trading bots

Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 29.9% from the year's high of $69,000 on Nov. 10.

Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, dropped 4.67 % to $4,025.67 on Saturday, losing $197.13 from its previous close.

Keep reading on Reuters
MIT adds the Bank of England to its stable of CBDC digital currency research partners
The Bank of England announced Friday that it had reached an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative,...
Neutrino, Vires Finance and Waves bag 100%+ gain after pivot toward interoperability
Ongoing developments on the global stage continue to cause havoc in traditional markets and in the cryptocurrency sector.Despite these headwinds, projects...
Price analysis 2/16: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, AVAX, LUNA, DOGE, DOT
Bitcoin (BTC) and the U.S. equity markets are facing selling on Feb. 16 as traders seem to be trimming positions in assets perceived to be risky on the...
NFT art will never be mass-market — NFT licenses may be
Visa got itself a fancy new Twitter avatar this August, and even though it didn’t stay up for long, the 8-bit-styled picture of a visibly unamused woman...
Swedish call to ban crypto mining ‘completely misinformed,’ says fund manager
A Swedish financial watchdog’s call for a European Union-wide ban on proof-of-work (PoW) crypto mining, mainly known as the method of minting new Bitcoin...
Swiss Exchange SIX granted approval to launch crypto marketplace
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, or FINMA, announced their approval for regulated Swiss exchange SIX to launch a digital asset marketplace...
Ripple files motion to expose XRP holdings of SEC employees
Ripple has filed a motion to compel the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to disclose its internal cryptocurrency trading policies as part...
Infrastructure bill set for a vote by Sept. 27 with no changes to crypto tax provisions
The controversial $1 trillion infrastructure bill will see a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives without any amendments to the crypto tax provisions...
DeFi projects face a painful dilemma right now as they seek ‘the holy grail’
Cryptocurrencies have garnered something of a reputation as being fast, dangerous and lethal for many — so much so that the average investor is scared of...
Alabama regulators accuse BlockFi of offering unregistered securities
The state of Alabama has become the second state in the United States to raise concerns over BlockFi, a major cryptocurrency lending platform.The Alabama...
Report: Vietnam's PM asks State Bank to trial digital currency on blockchain
The State Bank of Vietnam is reportedly set to become the latest central bank to delve into explorations of the feasibility and operationally of central...
Bull trap fears engulf Bitcoin market as BTC paints CME gap below $40K
A run-up toward $40,000 in the Bitcoin (BTC) market risked exhaustion as Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s futures opened on Monday with a gap of $1,575, the...
Adopting the Bitcoin standard? El Salvador writes itself into history books
The cryptocurrency space and wider economic community continue to laud a historic move by El Salvador to recognize Bitcoin as legal tender. The Central...
EOS Climbs 12% In Rally
Investing.com - EOS was trading at $5.4179 by 09:45 (13:45 GMT) on the Investing.com Index on Tuesday, up 11.70% on the day. It was the largest one-day...
Grayscale tops $50 billion: ‘Will soon pass world’s largest commodity ETF’
Major U.S. asset manager Grayscale has just surpassed $50 billion in cryptocurrency assets under management for the first time. Grayscale's AUM is creeping...