Bitcoin price Falls: Will it stop? Nightmare for investors as Bitcoin falls 17%

The sudden fall of bitcoin has continued as the cryptocurrency’s value dropped to just $8,369 (£5,870) after it plunged by more than 17%. The online currency has so far seen a turbulent 2018, with its value continuing to all after it reached an all time high of nearly $20,000 (£14,000) in December last year.

Since the turn of the year Bitcoin’s value has decreased by more than 50 per cent.

Throughout 2017 Bitcoin saw its price rise by more than 1,500 per cent from the beginning of the year after the value of a single Bitcoin has soared from $954 (£668) in January.

The decline over the past month comes after experts warned that the digital currency was in a bubble that would eventually crash.

Predicting a crash in the price of the commodity, last year cryptocurrency investor Oliver Isaacs called bitcoin the “biggest bubble of our lifetime”.

He added: “Due to the lack of Bitcoin regulation investing in bitcoin is a risky business and no one knows if or when bitcoin will crash.”

Despite the trend in the collapse of the value of the original online currency, there are some who believe the current drop is due to confusion surrounding the Indian Government’s stance on cryptocurrencies.