Bitcoin Starts New Year by Declining, First Time Since 2015

Bloomberg’s Justina Lee reports on the decline in bitcoin.(Source: Bloomberg)

January 1, 2018 at 6:37 PM UTC

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January 2, 2018 at 7:38 AM UTC

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Bitcoin is already having a bad year.

For the first time since 2015, the cryptocurrency began a new year by declining, extending its slide from a record $19,511 reached on Dec. 18.