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Two Ways This Crypto Crash Looks Just Like the Last Peak

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By Joe Weisenthal

May 23, 2021 at 11:17 PM UTC

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies have obviously had a horrible week. And while it’s foolish to try predicting where things go next, there are two big similarities between this move and the one we saw at the end of 2017, the last time Bitcoin made its peak.