Bitcoin prices plunged by roughly 10 percent after El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as a legal tender the previous day.
A digital screen operated by cryptocurrency exchange Coinone in Yongsan District, central Seoul shows prices of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies Wednesday. Bitcoin prices plunged by roughly 10 percent after El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as a legal tender the previous day. The price of bitcoin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday was $46,216, down 9.33 percent compared to 24 hours ago, according to data from CoinMarketCap. [YONHAP]
![A digital screen operated by cryptocurrency exchange Coinone in Yongsan District, central Seoul shows prices of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies Wednesday. Bitcoin prices plunged by roughly 10 percent after El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as a legal tender the previous day. The price of bitcoin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday was $46,216, down 9.33 percent compared to 24 hours ago, according to data from CoinMarketCap. [YONHAP]](https://img1.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202109/08/koreajoongangdaily/20210908201805388kswt.jpg)