Cryptocurrency exchanges shut down
Cryptocurrency exchanges shut down amid heavy trading, rollercoaster Bitcoin
The Bitcoin market hit record highs over the weekend before dropping further than it has in years. Several exchanges for the cryptocurrency suffered outages during the fluctuation, leaving customers unable to buy or sell for hours.
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Coinbase, one of the most popular ways to buy and sell popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin experienced an outage Monday. For several hours, buyers and sellers were met with a screen that read, “service unavailable.”
The company cited high customer traffic and trading volume for being “down for maintenance.” Coinbase claimed that the issue was resolved by 7:44pm EST.
As the site experienced such high traffic, the entire market for Bitcoin was in a state of wild fluctuation. On Sunday, Bitcoin climbed to a record high of $3,041.36, according to CNBC.
Then, on Monday, Bitcoin experienced its largest crash since January 2015, falling more than 16 percent to $2,532.87. Those looking to sell their Bitcoin on Monday as the price plummeted by more than $500
@steemcleaners Plagiarism – https://www.rt.com/usa/392019-bitcoin-3k-coinbase-outages/
Hi, Would be good if you could drop the programming tag from your posts that do not relate to programming (So the mass of crypto related posts you just made)
It is not a busy tag and so you are just swarming the area.
I have not downvoted you or anything, just a polite request as there are many many crypto tags out there.