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Indian crypto exchanges WazirX, CoinDCX crash; Twitter weeps over losses

This is the second instance of Mumbai-based WazirX's server crashing this month, and the third since April

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Indian cryptocurrency exchanges WazirX and CoinDCX suffered hour-long outages late on Wednesday as the price of Bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency, fell sharply to a multi-month low. 

Bitcoin has depreciated in value since Monday after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the electric car maker would no longer accept payments in Bitcoin because of concerns over the high consumption of electricity for Bitcoin mining. Musk’s endorsement of crypto this year has been instrumental in driving up the prices of Bitcoin to a high of over $64,895, (Rs 47.3 lakh) in April. Experts claim that China’s tightening of

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