(CNN) – At the rate of one week of furor for the cryptocurrencies, the bitcoin sufrió a velos caida during the end of the week, declining at least 14% in less than one hour, from US $ 59,000 to US $ 511,000 on Saturday night, to then recover. Other popular cryptocurrencies, such as ethereum and dogecoin, are also drastically improved, as well as recovering some of their losses.
The value of bitcoin has been declining for some time now as Ghana is accepting it, but the sharp fall in its price this past week has been provoked by a rumor confirmed on Twitter by the EE.UU Treasury Department. plan to take energetic means against the money laundering schemes related to the cryptocurrencies. The government agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The fast pace of bitcoin during the night of Saturday is the ultimate indicator that the cryptocurrency market is becoming very volatile.
Last week, the enthusiasm for cryptocurrencies rose to its highest point when it came to the Coinbase sales platform in Bolsa with a valuation of US $ 86,000 million; after that, it saw a huge drop of 500% for dogecoin, an asset that was created with a boom in 2013. The cryptocurrencies of the year have insisted on bitcoin, ethereum and other digital currencies that could revolutionize the world of finance, and, with the success of Coinbase’s Wall Street debut on Wednesday, those parties are in the throes of their worst moment.
Tesla has agreed to accept payments in bitcoin on the purchase of its cars and now has a share of the digital currency in its financial balance. Payment processors, such as PayPal, Mastercard and Visa, are willing to agilate the payments with cryptocurrencies in their speeches. While so many, Goldman Sachs will soon be offering its private wealth management clients to invest in Bitcoin and other digital currencies, and Morgan Stanley announced that it will burn its customers access to Bitcoin funds.
Julia Horowitz, of CNN, contributes a good reporter.