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Bitcoin Slumps to $10,000 After Losing Half its value

by Reuters

   LONDON --

   Bitcoin slid to $10,000 on Wednesday for the first time since Dec. 1,
   leaving the cryptocurrency down by close to half from its peak hit last
   month.
   Bitcoin, the largest and most prominent cryptocurrency, fell more than
   11 percent to hit $10,000 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange,
   amid worries about a regulatory clampdown.

   The cryptocurrency touched a peak of almost $20,000 in December -- and
   indeed crossed over that threshold on some exchanges -- but has since
   been roiled by several large sell-offs.