Cryptocurrency Prices Tumble, Exchange Trading Falters as Snags Crop Up; Bitcoin Sees Over 17 Percent Dip

Bitcoin price tumbled to $43,000 (roughly Rs. 31.6 lakhs) from a session high of $52,948 (roughly Rs. 38.9 lakhs).

By Reuters | Updated: 8 September 2021 10:17 IST

Cryptocurrency Prices Tumble, Exchange Trading Falters as Snags Crop Up; Bitcoin Sees Over 17 Percent Dip

Anything related to cryptocurrencies appeared to suffer

Highlights

Bitcoin tumbled more than 17 percent
Ether fell 11.99 percent
Coinbase Global and Kraken said they faced delays in some transactions

The price of cryptocurrencies plunged and crypto trading was delayed on Tuesday, a day in which El Salvador ran into snags as the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.

Shares of blockchain-related firms also fell as crypto stocks were hit by trading platform outages. But the major focus was on El Salvador, where the government had to temporarily unplug a digital wallet to cope with demand.

Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, tumbled more than 17 percent to $43,000 (roughly Rs. 31.6 lakhs) before paring some losses to trade down 9.20 percent at $47,140.27 (roughly Rs. 34.6 lakhs). Earlier Bitcoin had hit a session high of $52,948.00 (roughly Rs. 38.9 lakhs). Bitcoin price in India stood at Rs. 37.4 lakhs as of 10am IST on September 8.

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Smaller rival Ether, the coin linked to the Ethereum blockchain network, fell 11.99 percent. Ether price in India stood at Rs. 2.77 lakhs as of 10am IST on September 8

Major cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase Global and Kraken said they faced delays in some transactions on their platforms.

Coinbase said some transactions were delayed or canceled at "elevated rates" and that "our apps may be experiencing errors." The exchange later said issues with Coinbase card swipes were resolved and that transactions were going through normally.

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The Gemini exchange said it temporarily entered a full-maintenance period to address an exchange-related issue that caused performance trouble.

Coinbase shares slid 4.02 percent.

Anything related to cryptocurrencies appeared to suffer. Cryptocurrency miners Riot Blockchain fell 7.38 percent and Marathon Digital Holdings slipped 7.76 percent.

Shares of MicroStrategy, a BTC buyer and business intelligence software firm, fell 7.64 percent.

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