Bitcoin falls back below $60,000 for first time since Nov 1

Reuters

LONDON – Bitcoin fell below $60,000 for first time since Nov. 1 on Tuesday, while the cryptocurrency ether also dropped sharply.

Bitcoin — which last week hit a new record high of $69,000 — fell to as low as $58,600, its weakest in 19 days, and was last down around 7% on the day. It is down 14% from that peak.

Ether, the world’s second biggest cryptocurrency, fell to a 19-day low of $4,109.03 and was last down around 9.7% on the day.

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If sustained, the move will be both cryptocurrencies’ biggest daily fall since September.


(Reporting by Elizabeth Howcroft; Editing by Saikat Chatterjee)


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