Bitcoin dives below 5000 dollars

The bitcoin has just dipped below $ 5,000 on the bitcoin exchange Bitstamp today. That is the lowest level since October last year. Then the price surged back to just above $ 5,000.

A week ago, the virtual currency was worth more than $ 6000. Other crypto coins also share in the malaise.

On December 16 last year, a bitcoin was worth almost $ 20,000, last Monday there was still more than $ 6,300. Traders and analysts do not agree on the cause of the decline in value.