Bitcoin declines as mining difficulty reaches record levels, along with the other top 10 cryptocurrencies

Tuesday morning trading in Asia saw a drop in the price of bitcoin, but it managed to hold above the US$19,000 support level, over which it has been oscillating for a while. The rest of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap, excluding stablecoins, including Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, decreased as well.