Bitcoin briefly nose dives 18%, dogecoin tumbles 30% and market stages wipeout as El Salvador makes crypto legal currency

Crypto markets experienced a momentary tumble on Tuesday that resulted in some of the most popular digital-assets registering double-digit losses, until staging a mini recovery.

At last check, bitcoinBTCUSD was changing hands 46,964.65, down 9.1% but had sunk to an intrasession 24-hour nadir at $42,921.27 on CoinDesk.

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