Bitcoin news live: Crypto crashing as market has worst month in three years - updates

Fears are growing among Bitcoin investors on Friday after the cryptocurrency’s price fell below the $80,000 threshold.
Bitcoin has crashed by 25 per cent from its all-time high of almost $110,000 per coin, growing fears around the currency.
A bad week for the virtual currency has seen $1 trillion wiped from the combined market, according to reports in Forbes.
Bitcoin holders online have stated their determination to hold firm despite fears of a full-blown market crash.
Crypto expert Markus Thielen commented in an email to subscribers: “Bitcoin follows a textbook ascending broadening wedge pattern, which projects a target price in the low $70,000s.”
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