Bitcoin falls below $90,000 one week before Trump inauguration
With just one week to go before Donald Trump’s inauguration, bitcoin has dipped below $90,000, suggesting that the momentum that propelled the currency to all-time highs in the immediate wake of his election win has stalled. Bitcoin’s price hit $89,800 at 14:36 GMT today while its 24-hour volume exceeded $50 billion, according to Coingecko. At publication time, it had regained a bit of ground and was trading near $92,000. The crypto’s price rallied after Trump was elected last November. It rose from $68,000 just before the election, to a new high of over $108,000 on December 17, representing an almost 59% increase across six weeks. However, it’s now dropped back almost 14% . No, the US government hasn’t liquidated 69,000 Silk Road bitcoin — yet Read more: How much bitcoin will Ross Ulbricht have if Trump sets him free? The dip comes just days after a US district court approved the sale of 69,370 bitcoins (worth over $6.4 billion) that were seize...