At one point on Wednesday nearly $1trn was wiped off the market capitalisation of the entire cryptocurrency market, with the two main players Bitcoin and Ethereum collapsing by 30% and 45% respectively.
The cryptocurrency market has been a bit wobbly since last week when Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla would no longer be accepting Bitcoin as payment, because of the impact cryptocurrency mining has on the environment.
Ironically it was Musk who helped Bitcoin rally in tweet signalling Bitcoin investors to hold steady.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 19, 2021
