
KEY POINTS
- Bitcoin closed at around $60,600 Wednesday after opening at over $63,000
- Ether was nearing $3,000 when it opened, but slid down to $2,999
- BTC hodlers seem to retain their stance even as volatility ahead of the halving kicks in
Bitcoin (BTC), the world's most popular cryptocurrency, has retreated further from its all-time high of $73,000 last month as the digital asset closed at around $60,000 Wednesday. Ether (ETH), the world's second-largest digital asset after Bitcoin, didn't escape the market rumble as it also dropped below $3,000.