Bitcoin climbed to the highest since November after breaching the $8 000 price level. Concerns about an escalation in the conflict between the US and Iran are seen as contributing to the rally.
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Emerging out of the ashes of the financial crisis, bitcoin was created as a bypass to the banks and government agencies mired in Wall Street’s greatest calamity in decades. It proved to be the decade’s best-performing asset.
Bitcoin dropped below $7 000 for the first time since November, with the sell-off pushing the cryptocurrency to its lowest level since May.
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For better or worse, the month of November has always been one to remember in the world of bitcoin.
JPMorgan has declined to comment on suggestions that it pressured First National Bank, through parent FirstRand, to shut the bank accounts of South African cryptocurrency exchanges.
Bitcoin sank nearly 10% to the lowest level in six months, extending last week’s slide past the weekend on concerns about a crackdown on cryptocurrency operations by China.
JPMorgan pressured First National Bank to close the accounts of cryptocurrency exchanges in South Africa, according to two separate sources. FNB has strongly denied that external pressure forced its hand.