A Bitcoin sign is seen at the entrance of a cryptocurrency exchange office on April 16, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Bitcoin’s price held firmly above the $40,000 level on Friday, as cryptocurrency investors reeled from a huge sell-off earlier this week.
The digital coin was up 2.2% at a price of $41,065 by 8:20 a.m. ET, according to Coin Metrics data, on pace for its worst week since March 13. It bounced above the $42,000 mark on Thursday as digital currencies attempted to rebound from a big sell-off earlier in the week.
Other cryptocurrencies were in the red Friday, with ether down 3.4% at $2,707, XRP off by 4.6% at $1.13 and litecoin falling 2% to $206. Dogecoin, a meme-inspired crypto supported by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, was down 2.8% at 39 cents.
Bitcoin’s gains were capped Friday after the U.S. Treasury Department said a day earlier that it would require any cryptocurrency transfer worth $10,000 or more to be reported to the IRS.
“Cryptocurrency already poses a significant detection problem by facilitating illegal activity broadly including tax evasion,” the Treasury said.
