MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. The price of Bitcoin lost 9.55% during the trading session on Friday down to $19,580, according to CoinDesk portal trading data.

The Bitcoin rate recovered later to $19,759 (down 8.78%). Bitcoin prices were below $20,000 last time in January 2023.

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency invented in 2008 by an unknown person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without intermediaries.