20131220-Bitcoin Stumbles As China Widens Crackdown

The ever-popular virtual currency took a hit this week as the People’s Bank of China broadened its crackdown, limiting the ability of domestic payments processors to work with bitcoin. As a result, the Chinese market is deflating faster than a cheap birthday balloon. What else happened to bitcoin in the last week? Find out by reading the latest Bitcoin Bubble Tracker.

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