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Bitcoin fell below the psychologically significant level of $ 10,000 on Wednesday morning, marking a second day of double-digit declines for the virtual currency. One bitcoin is now worth $ 9,700, less than half its peak value of $ 19,500 achieved just last month.
Bitcoin’s fall is part of a broader cryptocurrency sell-off. For the second day in a row, every major cryptocurrency has suffered double-digit declines over the previous 24 hours.
Ethereum is now worth $ 810, down 42 percent from its peak above $ 1,400 just four days ago. Litecoin has fallen to $ 150—down 58 percent from its peak of $ 360 on December 19. Bitcoin Cash, a rival version of bitcoin, was worth more than $ 4,000 on December 20. It’s now down to $ 1,500, a 65 percent decline.
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