Bitcoin Tumbles as Geopolitical Tensions Cast Shadow Over Halving

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Bitcoin dipped below $60K for a short time as the wider crypto market collapsed.
The Israel-Iran violence seems to have an adverse effect on the crypto market.
The anticipated Bitcoin halving event is set to take place on Friday.

Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, continued to follow a downtrend irrespective of the bullish sentiment generated by the approaching halving event on April 20.

In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin went as low as $59,700, but the buyers took advantage and pushed the price of the digital asset back above $60,000. As per the data from CoinMarketCap, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) stands at $62,000 as of 12:30 a.m. ET Friday. It is important to note that in the past seven days, Bitcoin has dropped 11.60%.

The trading volume of Bitcoin is up 2.34% in the past 24 hours, while the market capitalization of the leading digital asset stands at $1.23 trillion. The current price is 15.66% down from BTC’s all-time high witnessed in March at $73,750.

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