Breaking: Bitcoin price crashes 14% sending cryptocurrency market into tailspin

On the 12-hour chart, Bitcoin price has shed nearly $9,000, bringing it down to $51,541.

The market-wide crash has resulted in $1.72 billion worth of long positions liquidated in the last hour alone.

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The recent blackout in China’s Xinjiang region has caused a drop in hash rate from several Chinese Bitcoin mining operations.

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