So, the rate of the most popular global crypto currency fell to $ 12 thousand, and yesterday its price again dropped 17 percent to $ 11.44. Earlier, the price record for the currency was more than 20 thousand dollars per unit, but in mid-December in "black Thursday" the rate fell by 43 percent. In this case, the total capitalization of the market, according to the portal, was already 335.7 billion dollars.
In 2018, financial experts forecast a rapid increase in the price of the currency, which is due to the beginning of trading in futures for this virtual currency.
Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley was allowed to drop the bitcoin rate to zero, if it was not used as a payment instrument.
As reported in URA-Inform, recently in the European Union have agreed to introduce more stringent rules on crypto-currency to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.