Originally Posted by
Rock_Flock_of_Five
I think you meant de-stabilise, right? ... the price of Bitcoin this last month has been particularly volatile, swings of 300GBP in a single day. Bitcoin had dropped to 1,300GBP only a week ago and is currently back up around the 2,100GBP mark.
Uncertainty over the fork and also a large number of ICO's being issued this month (paid for mostly with Bitcoin and then dumped for fiat currency) resulted in Bitcoin price plummeting.
Certainly not for the faint-hearted is cryptocurrency!
I recently bought 6 Ethereum coins and need the price to hit 180GBP just to break even (149GBP as we speak).