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Bitcoin's Price Dips Below $7K As Crypto Selloff Continues

Bitcoin's price dips below $7k as crypto selloff continues

Bitcoin's Price Dips Below $7K As Crypto Selloff Continues

Bitcoin's price dips below $7k as crypto selloff continues

bitcoin prices dropped below $7,000 for the first time since mid-November on Monday, signifying a continuation of the market weakness seen in the past week.

CoinDesk’s bitcoin Price Index (BPI) hit a low of $6,888.45, representing a more than 15 percent decline since the start of the day’s trading. At press time, the price of bitcoin had recovered somewhat, trading at $6,993.10 per the BPI.

All in all, the move marks a more than $1,200 decline from the opening of $8,186.65.

As reported by CoinDesk today, the overall cryptocurrency market is down more than 50 percent from the highs seen in early January, when the overall market capitalization was north of $800 billion. According to data provider CoinMarketCap, that capitalization is now at roughly $332 billion amid a broader drop in cryptocurrency prices.

Among the cryptocurrencies impacted are ether, which slid below $700, and bitcoin cash, the breakaway cryptocurrency which has fallen under $1,000 during the day’s trading as of press time.

Observers have pointed to developments such as restrictions on access to overseas trading sites in China and a rising number of banks banning credit card purchases on crypto as reasons behind the market drop.

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Published at Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:28:53 +0000

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“Moore’s Law” has been identified by a Harvard Scientist in bitcoin, and as such the belief is that the digital currency can reach $100,000 by February 2021, according to this theorem.


With bitcoin reaching a big milestone in its scaling debate, an issue that has dogged the digital currency for some time, it is now once again breaking records with little slowing it down.

Fear and speculation ran rampant leading up to the August 1 hard fork, which saw the creation of a new digital currency called bitcoin Cash – a fork of the original bitcoin. However, even since its creation, and rise to third-largest digital currency for a while in regards to market cap, it has not slowed bitcoin’s growth.

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Moore’s Law

Moore’s Law is a theorem and a formula that was created by the co-founder of Intel’s Gordon Moore Processor. It states that, on a processor, the number of transistors on the new microprocessor models will increase approximately twice every 18-24 months.

This law has been identified by Denis Porto, and investor, as well as a Harvard Scientist. It is his opinion that bitcoin has become the first digital currency to show signs of this law, even though it is not specifically aimed at this form of technology.

In a recent interview with Markets Morning, Porto said:

Moore’s law is specifically applied to the number of transistors per circuit, but it can be applied to any digital technology. […] Any technology that grows exponentially (i.e. following Moore’s Law) has a doubling moment.

Bitcoin's price surge last week sparked renewed confidence and optimism

Contributing Factors

In the wake of bitcoin reaching its latest all time high last week, optimism and confidence have skyrocketed once again for the original digital currency. There have been a number of factors that have pushed bitcoin’s growth, and those same factors have seen it follow the trajectory of Moore’s Law as identified by Porto.

bitcoin’s ability to scale through SegWit, and suffer no ill effects from the hard fork, and instead grow to new heights has set this path to $100,000 in the next four years.

There are other factors in the pipeline as well that can also help bitcoin to stick to this trajectory of $100,000 as on Tuesday it was reported that Russia is looking to take over the mantle as the king of bitcoin mining.

Dmitry Marinichev, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advisors, is preparing to boost Russia to be the global power of bitcoin mining, in an attempt to compete with China.

Are these prediction far too high? Can an asset really reach such prices or is there a real threat of a bubble? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!


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