The world's most popular crypto currency bitcoin and other digital currencies are significantly cheaper in the morning on Tuesday amid reports about possible regulation of the crypto-currency market, it follows from these trades.
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According to the portal CoinMarketCap, as of 8.49 Moscow time, bitcoin was cheaper by 10.05%, to 10.54 thousand dollars. At the Bitfinex exchange, the Crypto currency was down 10.08%, to 10.35 thousand dollars, on the GDAX - 10.29%, to 10.4 thousand dollars. According to the portal Coindesk, bitcoin decreased in price by 3.91%, to 10.35 thousand dollars.
Other crypto-currencies also fall: Ethereum - by 9.57%, to 962.3 dollars, Ripple - by 9.21%, to $ 1.27, Bitcoin Cash - by 11.56%, to $ 1.58 thousand, according to CoinMarketCap. The market capitalization of crypto-currencies, according to the service, is currently 510.8 billion dollars, bitcoin accounts for about 35% of the total market.
Traders follow the world news about possible controls and restrictions for crypto currency. So, on Monday, the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Maurice Obstfeld, said that state regulators around the world should closely monitor the development situation of the crypto-currency, in order, on the one hand, to profit from it, and on the other, to prevent risks.
In turn, the South Korean media reported that several crypto-currency exchanges may be forced to pay tax at a rate of 24.2% of revenue for the previous year, and they will have to transfer data on transactions, the Wall Street Journal reports. Earlier, Reuters reported on the Indonesian authorities, which launched an investigation into the use of bitcoin as a means of payment on the island of Bali, while the Central Bank issued a decree on the prohibition of crypto-currency in early December.
Service CoinMarketCap allows you to track the average price and capitalization of each of the existing crypto currencies. When calculating the average market price for bitcoin in dollars, the aggregator calculates data from more than 20 exchanges. Coindesk is a media resource specializing in crypto-currencies. Calculates the average price of bitcoin at its dollar value on the four largest world crypto-exchanges: Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Coinbase and itBit.