NEW YORK: The price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies plummeted on June 13 after a major cryptocurrency lender effectively failed and halted all withdrawals from its platform, citing “extreme market conditions”.
It’s the latest high-profile collapse of a pillar of the cryptocurrency industry. These meltdowns have erased tens of billions of dollars of investors’ assets and spurred urgent calls to regulate the freewheeling industry.
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