Bitcoin dropped to as low as $14,095.62 Friday morning just after 6:30 a.m. ET, according to industry site CoinDesk.
That was a nearly 18 percent decline from earlier high's on the day of $17,153.94, according to the site which averages prices from major exchanges.
In fact, bitcoin had actually rocketed above $19,000 on Thursday on the Coinbase exchange. The digital currency hit a high of $19,340 on that platform before notching a huge decrease.
The price on Coinbase, one of the major cryptocurrency exchanges accounting for a third of bitcoin trading volume, is often at a premium over other platforms.
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