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Bitcoin finds floor after worst selloff since 2015
On Saturday, bitcoin,the largest cryptocurrency by market value, rose 6.6% to $14,978 at 11:41 am London time, compared with 24 hours earlier, according to data on coinmarketcap.com
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Bitcoin plunges by 30% to below $12,000, worst weekly loss since 2013
The cryptocurrency has risen around twentyfold since the start of the year, climbing to over $20,000 on exchanges
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Bitcoin plunges below $12,000
The biggest and best-known cryptocurrency had seen a staggering twentyfold increase since the start of the year
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Bitcoin plunges 25% below $12,000, heads for worst week since 2013
In the futures market, bitcoin one-month futures on Cboe Global Markets were halted due to the steep price drop
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From banks to bitcoins
Bitcoin was first mined in 2009, following a paper by Satoshi Nakamoto on peer-to-peer money transactions
ED plans to probe Bitcoin exchanges across the country
Taxman and ED are currently pondering upon whether Bitcoin should be treated as a currency or as a commodity
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Bitcoin plunges below $13,000, heads for worst week since 2013
Bitcoin loses a third of value in just five days as bitcoin moves known to be big and volatile
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Bitcoin slips below $14,000, down 30% from record peak of $19,666
Bitcoin's success brought cryptocurrencies to the forefront and has also boosted the profile of its rivals, which offer alternatives to bitcoin.