Bitcoin shed a fifth of its value on Saturday as a combination of profit-taking and macro-economic concerns triggered nearly a billion dollars worth of selling across cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin was 12 per cent down at 9.20 GMT at $47,495 (€41,980.83). It fell as low as $41,967.50 (€37,095.07) during the session, taking total losses for the day to 22 per cent.
The broad selloff in cryptocurrencies also saw Ether, the coin linked to the Ethereum blockchain network, plunge more than 10 per cent.
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