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Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin Back Below $90K
Bitcoin was the world’s first cryptocurrency and decentralized digital currency. The first bitcoin transaction occurred in early 2009 and has since grown worldwide to a mainstream financial asset. It is often considered volatile, as seen in our first chart, but one can argue that it is also resilient. Bitcoin’s closing price sank to its lowest level of the year, falling back below $90,000. BTC is up ~1% year-to-date and is sitting ~29% below its record close from October 2025. charts Ether is a cryptocurrency run on the Ethereum blockchain platform and was launched in July 2015. It has the second largest market ... (full story)