Over the past few weeks, the mainstream media has tried to justify the extreme volatility of the cryptocurrency market, and specifically the price movements of bitcoin, by connecting them to news. This week, several media outlets reported that the price of bitcoin had fallen from $9,000 to $8,000 due to the ban imposed by Twitter on cryptocurrency-related advertisements. In a report, CNBC stated that the price of bitcoin had declined by 40 percent after Twitter released its strict policy on regulating cryptocurrency and ICO advertisements. In reality, when the report was released, the price of bitcoin had declined by 12 percent, and thePowered by WPeMatico
