Tech Talk: Bitcoin falls by a fifth, cryptos see $1 bln worth liquidated – Gulf Digital News

Tech Talk: Bitcoin falls by a fifth, cryptos see $1 bln worth liquidated – Gulf Digital News

Bitcoin shed a fifth of its value on Saturday as a combination of profit-taking and macro-economic concerns triggered nearly a billion dollars worth of selling across cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin was 12% down at 0920 GMT at $47,495. It fell as low as $41,967.5 during the session, taking total losses for the day to 22%.

The broad selloff in cryptocurrencies also saw ether , the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, plunge more than 10%.