Bitcoin plummets after touching a new maximum in exchange houses

US authorities suspended the negotiation of shares of Crypto Company, alleging concern about possible manipulation in the market

The price of bitcoin plummeted to 15% on Tuesday after hitting a new high in Japan's exchange houses, after the South Korean cryptocurrency market Youbit announced the cessation of operations following a cyber attack.

Bitcoin, which hit a ceiling of $ 20,028 in Coincheck, one of the highest-selling Japanese markets, was hit hard on Sunday when, according to Youbit, on Tuesday, hackers stole around 17% of their currencies. digital in portfolio.

The price of the most popular digital currency came to fall to 16,682 dollars during the day of December 19 in the Japanese markets before cutting losses.

US authorities suspended trading on Tuesday of shares of Crypto Company, whose activities are related to bitcoin, alleging concern about possible manipulation in the market after the value of its securities soared.

In addition to the computer attack, analysts attribute the fall of the bitcoin to the adjustment of its quotation derived from its bullish streak.

The South Korean Youbit market, formerly known as Yapizon and which had already been "hacked" last April, was forced to declare bankruptcy after allowing its customers to withdraw 75 percent of the balance of their digital wallets and lose the rest of its assets in the cyber attack on Tuesday.

The bitcoin's price has shot up almost twenty times since January and hit a new high this month after two US futures markets, CBOE and CME Chicago, began bidding contracts.