Bitcoin plunged below $7200 as banks ban crypto-currency payments on credit cards
Bitcoin plunged below $7200 as banks ban crypto-currency payments on credit cards
This decrease is due to many of the world’s major credit card providers, banning their customers from using their credit to purchase any cryptocurrencies. These providers include Lloyds Bank, Bank of Scotland and Halifax in the UK and J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Citigroup in the United States.
Lloyds confirmed that this ban is designed to prevent the bank from having to foot any unpaid debts which could come as the result of further increases in cryptocurrency prices, as many uninformed customers have been fooled into entering cryptocurrency “get rich quick” schemes. Â
Bitcoin’s price has not been this low since Mid-November, and at this time it is hard to predict whether or not Bitcoin will increase or decrease in price in the near future. Â
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Right now Bitcoin’s value remains highly variable, especially as more regulations and restrictions are placed upon cryptocurrencies, as governments become increasingly aware of the problems they can pose to taxation and the avenues they introduce for unlawful trading or money laundering.Â
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