bitcoin ether and other cryptocurrencies remained under pressure after their biggest tumble in months as the digital asset space faces headwinds from changing monetary policy in the us bitcoin prices were down 3 over the past 24 hours and holding just above 40000 having slipped close to 39500 at points tuesday prices fell by almost 8 by 5 pm eastern on monday notching the biggest daily decline for bitcoin since midfebruary according to dow jones market data