Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin’s Newly Touted Haven Status Takes a Hit This Week

  • Cryptocurrency falls 3.5% amid global equity market turmoil
  • GTI Vera Band Indicator signals Bitcoin could be in downtrend

    

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Bitcoin’s quickly shedding its recent designation by some advocates as a haven asset.

Arguments that the largest digital token acts as a place of shelter during market turmoil diminished this week as Bitcoin slumped amid an intense bout of equity-market selling.