Bitcoin Trading Down 15.1 Percent to Kick of 2017
Trading in the anonymous digital currency bitcoin was down 15.1 percent at $768 a coin as of Wednesday afternoon. It was back up to $811 Friday morning but the instability comes after China announced it had begun investigating the bitcoin exchanges on suspicion of market manipulation.
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Bitcoin has become the most popular payment processing platform used by the North American-facing online gambling sector. Operators continue to monitor this situation but remain relatively unfazed based on Gambling911.com conversations.
Bitcoin started 2017 with a 120 percent gain over 2016, crossing the $1000 mark for the first time since November 2013.
Bitcoin is now down more than 17% in 2017.
- Aaron Goldstein, Gambling911.com