While Bitcoin has already lost a lot of ground since its historic record, recorded last year, its fall still continues Thursday, according to data scholarships.
Bitcoin, the most popular virtual currency in the world, registered a negative momentum at the beginning of this year, according to stock market information.
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Capitalization of the cryptocurrency market amounts to $ 627.88 billion. Bitcoin represents more than a third.
Without physical existence, Bitcoin, launched in 2009, relies on a peer-to-peer payment system based on blockchain or blockchain technology. It is traded on specific platforms on the internet and has no legal tender.
It is governed neither by a central bank nor by a government but by a large community of Internet users and is accepted in a growing number of transactions (restaurants, real estate, etc.). But this cryptographic currency causes many criticisms, including financial institutions such as banks or governments that can not control it.