Bitcoin's price is Anissa Kate the Widow XXXtaking a dive again after news broke that South Korea plans to make it harder to trade cryptocurrencies anonymously.
The price of Bitcoin dropped to $14,081 Thursday morning, down roughly 16 percent from its $16,895 high on Wednesday. The most popular cryptocurrency has since recovered a bit and is currently trading at $14,686 with a $246 billion market cap.
SEE ALSO: Bitcoin just made the Winklevoss twins billionairesThe drop in price, which pulled back most other cryptocurrencies as well, comes after South Korea government's announcement that it will block anonymous trading of cryptocurrencies.
Currently, many cryptocurrency exchanges (including South Korean ones like Kucoin) allow trading with little more than your name and an email. KYC (know your customer) info is typically only required for trading larger amounts of money.
South Korea also said it would pass new laws which would allow the country's regulators to shut down cryptocurrency exchanges altogether, if necessary.
“The government had warned several times that virtual coins cannot play a role as actual currency and could result in high losses due to excessive volatility,” the country's government said in a statement.
Cryptocurrency trading is very popular in Korea, and prices are often significantly higher there than in other markets -- an issue that the government also noted in its statement.
The news echoes China's move to shut down cryptocurrency exchanges in September. The price of Bitcoin retreated sharply following the news, but it later recovered and actually grew sixfold over the next couple of months.
Disclosure: The author of this text owns, or has recently owned, a number of cryptocurrencies, including BTC and ETH.
Topics Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Innovations
Previous:Belladonna
The asteroid headed towards us on Election Day 2020 is all hypeTikTok announces plan to 'eliminate' hate speech on its platformFrance seeks to end the sale of gas and dieselHow the hottest, most extreme temperatures in the world are verified2000s things we miss, from iPods to MySpace TomEverything coming to HBO Max in September 2020Spotify's new project celebrates artists hit by Trump's travel banSega’s Dreamcast is the unsung gaming hero of the 2000sEverything coming to HBO Max in September 2020'Bring It On' 20th anniversary: Creators look back on timely themesHow to stop comparing yourself to past versions of you'Bring It On' 20th anniversary: Creators look back on timely themes'Tenet' reviews are in. Here's what the critics are saying.This guy hid an awesome Easter Egg in a week's worth of tweetsTikTok sues Trump administration over ban attemptGmail and other Google services are down for many users (Update: fixed)Indian students collect diplomas as avatars in VR graduation ceremonyPolaroid's new mobile printer turns your iPhone photos into stickersApple is now the first U.S. company to be worth $2 trillion dollarsHow the hottest, most extreme temperatures in the world are verified Reading Elizabeth Bowen Jack Gilbert’s Experiments in Erotica A Writer in the Family: On the Way We Pass Our Stories On How to Have Better Sex, According to an 1861 Sex Ed Guide Become besties with the reigning king of college TikTok Alexis Arnold’s Frozen Books Spotify Wrapped 2021 is here to read Your Audio Aura Latin’s Latest Resurrection History and Mystery: A Century of Chinese Photobooks Madonna calls out Instagram's double standards on censorship Apple's satellite SOS expands to offer AAA roadside assistance “IMHO”: The Delicate Art of Expressing Opinions Online “A Sign,” a Poem by Philip Levine Richard Nixon: Our Greatest President Dickens and Trollope on Capitalism’s Golden Age: A Disaster “Readers Make Their Mark”: Marginalia Collected Thomas Bernhard Knew How to Mock Awards Shows Hand in Glove Elon Musk's X finally agrees to settlement talks with unpaid laid off Twitter employees How to end an email: The 20 best email sign
2.5692s , 8198.9453125 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Anissa Kate the Widow XXX】,Openness Information Network