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Bitcoin, ether prices continue to fall, below 40% in Q2
Bitcoin prices witnessed a slump with almost 50% from its mid-April high after questions were raised on its energy consumption by Tesla Inc.`s Elon Musk along with a clampdown from China.
Highlights
- Bitcoin slumped 1.89 percent in the last 24 hours to $33,813.12 on July 6.
- Bitcoin fell around 40 percent in the second quarter.
- Bitcoin prices witnessed a slump with almost 50% from its mid-April high after questions were raised on its energy consumption by Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk along with a clampdown from China.
Bitcoin prices continued to see a downfall this week and remained under the $34000-mark on Tuesday. Ether was also down over 1% to $2,234, CoinDesk data showed.
Bitcoin slumped 1.89 percent in the last 24 hours to $33,813.12 on July 6. Due to the crackdown against cryptocurrencies across the globe, it has seen a downward trend from mid-April. Bitcoin fell around 40 percent in the second quarter, one of the largest quarterly declines in the history of cryptocurrency.
Meanwhile, other virtual tokens like Cardano saw a slight gain in margins as it was up at $1.42 whereas Uniswap increased by 4% to $21.2. Uniswap volume surged over 50% in the last 24 hours.
Bitcoin prices witnessed a slump with almost 50% from its mid-April high after questions were raised on its energy consumption by Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk along with a clampdown from China.
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