Bitcoin drops below $30,000 as relentless China crackdown weighs Netscape Money & Business


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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, Tom Wilson and Alun John Reuters NEW YORK/LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bitcoin on Tuesday fell below $30,000 for the first time since January, briefly erasing gains for the year and adding to losses sparked a day earlier when China's central bank deepened a crackdown on cryptocurrencies. The world's largest cryptocurrency dropped to $28,600, its lowest since early January, after giving up gains made during Asian hours. Its fall also pressured smaller coins such as ether. Bitcoin tumbled 11% on Monday, its largest one-day drop in over a month, with losses of nearly 30% in the last week...