Last year, cryptocurrency rates jumped from one record high to the next, but since the end of 2017, the price of Bitcoin, the most widely used cryptocurrency, has fallen more than 65 percent. The media reported extensively on the price fluctuations and many industry representatives speak with warnings; such as the Deutsche Bundesbank or the German Financial Supervisory Authority Bafin. The voices of the experts, who had predicted a revolution in the investment business by cryptocurrencies, also became much quieter.
Mwaka jana, viwango vya cryptocurrency viliruka kutoka rekodi moja ya juu hadi nyingine, lakini tangu mwisho wa 2017, bei ya Bitcoin, sarafu ya crypto inayotumiwa sana, imeshuka zaidi ya asilimia 65. Vyombo vya habari viliripoti sana juu ya kushuka kwa bei na wawakilishi wengi wa tasnia huzungumza na maonyo; kama vile Deutsche Bundesbank au Mamlaka ya Usimamizi wa Fedha ya Ujerumani Bafin. Sauti za wataalam, ambao walikuwa wametabiri mapinduzi katika biashara ya uwekezaji na fedha za siri, pia zikawa kimya zaidi.