The market of virtual payment means continues to fever.

Early in the morning Moscow time, the bitkoin rate for the second time in the last couple of weeks fell below the psychological mark of $ 10 thousand. Its cost reached $ 9.8 thousand. , after which the fall stopped. At the moment, according to CoinMarketCap, the price per unit of the most popular crypto currency is $ 10.1 thousand. Thus, over the past day, bitcoin has fallen in price by $ 1,000. : yesterday they gave him $ 11.1 thousand. Continue to lose in price and other popular crypto-currencies. The cost of airtime dropped by 10% a day to $ 1,077, Ripple lost 15% of the price and now costs $ 1.12, Bitcoin Cash sank 10% to $ 1,464. The total market capitalization of the Crypto-currency fell below half a trillion dollars (another psychological mark) and now stands at $ 494 billion. Crypto-currencies become cheaper due to two factors.

First, in recent days, more and more reputable people have declared that virtual money is an extremely unreliable investment tool. This was, in particular, said billionaire George Soros, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde and US Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin. Financial analyst Dmitry Golubovsky predicts bitcoin (and its holders) a sad fate. "Bitcoin today is a classic bubble that I would not recommend in the long run. If bitcoin soon consolidates at a price below $ 10 thousand. , then its further fall is almost inevitable. Which, by the way, does not exclude the possibility that after several years of non-existence, bitcoin or its analogues will grow again. True, in the fact that they will replace traditional currencies, as it was positioned, now there is no faith, "the expert said in an interview with" Interlocutor ". Representative of Deutsche Bank Markus Muller advised not to invest in crypto-currencies. "This is only for those who invest in speculation. There is a real risk of total loss of money invested, "- warned the banker. The team of crypto-currency skeptics was joined even by the largest social network in the world. The administration of Facebook banned advertising on its pages, crypto-currencies and binary options, since such transactions are often fraudulent. Such a measure, as specified in the company's message, is designed to "improve the integrity and security of advertising of financial products and services" on Facebook. Advertising that misleads users into the social network is not the place, noted the director of product management Facebook Rob Lazerne. The second factor is the gradual tightening of control over the crypto-currency market by the authorities of different countries. Japan is going to arrange total checks of crypto-exchange exchanges, in which people lose their money due to frequent break-ins. China is going to introduce a complete ban on the circulation of crypto-currency. South Korea plans to ban crypto-exchange markets. Russia has drafted a bill regulating work with virtual currency. Bitcoins will not be recognized in our country as a means of payment. At the same time, the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank are to impose a complete ban on working with crypto-currencies.