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Last year HTC announced a blockchain smart phone, the Exodus 1. Pre-orders were subsequently opened in October and surprise! You could only pay for one with cryptocurrency. This limitation may not have worked out so well, because HTC will now take regular old dollars.
In 2017, Bitcoin’s value soared from $1200 to around $25,000 before dropping down to around $16,000 at the end of the year. Since then, it’s value has risen and dropped sporadically from day to day, dragging smaller cryptocurrencies such as Ether and Ripple along with it.
Bitcoin’s price dropped sharply overnight, twice falling below $5000 per coin. At 6.30am AEDT, the benchmark cryptocurrency was trading lower by around 11.5% at $US4990. The collapse is being described by analysts as “like a house of cards.” Yikes. Here are the details.
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