Bitcoin (BTC) briefly fell below $20,000 for the first time in nearly two months, following US President Joe Biden’s latest budget and the collapse of “cryptobank” Silvergate.
BTC price fell to $19,945 on March 10 before recovering to around $20,000, according to data from CoinMarketCap.
Bitcoin got off to a stellar start in 2023, but fell as much as 5% in an hour on March 3 amid uncertainty at Silvergate. The price does not seem to have been able to rise since then.
The announcement that Silvergate Bank, one of the key banks in the United States serving crypto businesses, went into voluntary liquidation on March 8 has emerged as a potentially strong hurdle for the crypto industry.
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Meanwhile, a supplemental budget explainer paper on March 9 revealed that U.S. crypto miners could eventually be subject to a 30% tax on electricity costs under a Biden budget proposal that aims to “reduce mining activity.”
