Bitcoin crashes below US$6,000 mark, as fellow cryptocurrencies join the slide

This article was about the fell of Bitcoin. Bitcoin fell to a more than one-year low on Wednesday, breaching a key support level of US$6,000 and causing a wave of selling in the digital currency and other crypto assets in what has been a prolonged market slump that began early this year. Bitcoin fell to as low as US$5,533.09 on the Bitstamp platform. It was down 9 per cent at US$5,690.47.