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Bitcoin price sent crashing as Kazakhstan cuts internet amid violence hitting cryptocurrency miners
Bitcoin has been sent crashing after Kazakhstan cut its internet supply to quell violent anti-government protests, hitting crypto miners. The coveted crypto fell to below $42,000 on Thursday, down from a high of $69,000 in early November last year - cleaning out investors. Experts suggest the drop is linked Kazakhstan cutting off its internet supply to quell recent violent protests against the government and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Russian "peacekeeping" troops have streamed into the financial capital Almaty after demonstrations over a recent hike in gas prices turned deadly. In total 13 police have been ... (full story)