The digital currency is a trading ground for a motley crew of retail players, speculative pros and exotic quants, while traditional investors have hitherto stayed on the sidelines
Bitcoin has gained more than 170% this year
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The rout began just hours after Bitcoin rose to within $7 of its record high of $19,511, the culmination of a more than 250% surge in past nine months
Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known crypto-currency, was last trading around $17,700, having lost more than $1,000 since its previous close
"Honestly I've had more luck in Vegas than I've had with cryptocurrencies," said one of the investor
Bitcoin has gained nearly 40% in November alone
It's a wager that has drawn eye-rolls from skeptics who believe the volatile cryptocurrency is a speculative asset rather than a store of value like gold
Cryptos have been big gainers in times of trouble. In that sense, cryptos are like gold; havens during uncertainty.
With bitcoin surging to the cusp of its 2017 all-time high, backers are hoping fewer frenzied retail investors means less chance of a crash this time around
Bitcoin is now close to its all-time high of just under $20,000
Bitcoin has soared over 130% this year, and is up more than four-fold from its March lows
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Some people fell for the scam and transferred bitcoins equivalent to about $120,000 to the referred wallets
Others whose Twitter accounts were caught up in the security incident included Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Uber Technologies Inc, Apple, and Michael Bloomberg
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