Bitcoin slid to $US10,000 ($A14,000) for the first time since December 1, leaving the cryptocurrency down by close to half from its peak hit last month.
Bitcoin, the largest and most prominent cryptocurrency, fell more than 11 per cent to hit $US10,000 on Wednesday on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange, amid worries about a regulatory clampdown.
The cryptocurrency touched a peak of almost $US20,000 in December - and indeed crossed over that threshold on some exchanges - but has since been roiled by several large sell-offs.
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