The price of bitcoin on Thursday evening is down 7% over the past 24 hours, to 41.1 thousand dollars, trading data shows.

On Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume, bitcoin was down 7% to 41.1 thousand dollars as of 22.42 Moscow time as of 22.42 Moscow time.

According to the portal CoinMarketCap, which calculates the average price of more than 20 exchanges, bitcoin cheapened by 7.1% – to 41.13 thousand dollars. Dynamics everywhere is given for a day.

The price of bitcoin is declining for the second day in a row. And since the beginning of the month, the cryptocurrency has grown in value by 6.7%. The most noticeable daily growth occurred on February 4, when bitcoin rose in price by 11.5%. Since the beginning of the year, bitcoin has lost a total of 11% of its value.

At the end of last year, bitcoin rose in price 1.6 times, up to 46.2 thousand dollars from 28.9 thousand. Moreover, during the first quarter, the cryptocurrency doubled in price – up to 58.7 thousand dollars. In November, the price of bitcoin reached a historical record of 69 thousand dollars, after which it went down.