NEW YORK (AP) â Even by Bitcoinâs standards, Wednesday was pretty wild.
The price of the famously volatile digital currency fell nearly 30% at one point after the China Banking Association warned member banks of the risks associated with digital currencies. The decline narrowed to below 10% in the afternoon, but Bitcoin had still lost about $70 billion in market value in 24 hours.
Bitcoin has lost about 38% of its value since April 13 when it hit a high of more than $64,600. The China warning was just the latest headwind: Before Wednesday, Tesla's decision to not accept the digital currency as payment for cars â after it said it would â and murmurings in Washington about tighter regulation of digital currencies had put pressure on Bitcoin. The price is still up about 31% in 2021 and nearly 300% from a year ago.