The cost of the most popular cryptocurrency bitcoin on Friday declines by about 4%, continuing a correctional decline after earlier reaching the level of 19 thousand dollars, for the first time since December 2017, Prime reported.

According to the CoinMarketCap portal, bitcoin is depreciating by 3.51%, to $ 17,245, and on the largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance by 4%, to $ 17,227.

Bitcoin accounts for approximately 62.2% of the total global cryptocurrency market.