Bitcoin fell sharply on Thursday, hitting its lowest level in nearly three weeks, as the popular cryptocurrency was hit with a double whammy that jolted faith in its user base.
First, Janet Yellen, President Joe Biden's nominee for treasury secretary, suggested during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday that lawmakers "curtail" the use of Bitcoin because of its use in illicit activities.
And second, a debunked report from BitMEX Research on Wednesday suggested that a critical flaw called "double spend" had occurred in the Bitcoin blockchain.
Double spend is when someone is able to spend the same bitcoin twice. It is a feared and dire scenario for the digital asset, and the blockchain was thought to have solved the issue when Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper in 2009.
Submitted January 21, 2021 at 07:19PM by sierratrading https://ift.tt/3iA7iZ7
