Bitcoin hoarders beware – the value of the world’s most ubiquitous cryptocurrency has slipped by a massive 40 per cent since the year began, as noted by Wired.
This has left the currency now valued at $193.10 USD (£127) per single Bitcoin, marking the first time it’s dropped below $200 since 2013.
At the start of 2015, Bitcoin weighed in at somewhere around $313, which equated to £206 in pound sterling.
The crippling blow to Bitcoin worth is sure to send some collectors into a flurry of selling, which will only serve to further bring down the value.
The drop in worth is reportedly a result of a surplus in Bitcoin combined with a lack of interest in the currency, as the CEO of UK-based Bitcoin exchange Coinfloor, Amadeo Pellicce notes, saying there has been ‘more supply than demand.’
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Pellicce did remain hopeful for Bitcoin though, despite the grim downwards slope of value charts for the currency.
“The fundamentals of the six-year-old currency are stronger today than they have ever been ad we think we are going to continue to see many interesting developments in 2015.”
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Others aren’t so hopeful – Bitcoin exchange CEX.IO suspended mining earlier this week because it became unprofitable.
Back in December 2013, Bitcoin saw its highest ever value, trading at $1200 per coin (£715).
The trading value has fallen fairly consistently since that date, seeing a small rise in mid-2014, only to drop once more to today’s value.
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