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In 2018, nearly $2.4 billion of bitcoin was processed by payment processors, a 24% decline from 2017
In December 2018, the amount of bitcoin that was processed for payments was the lowest since December 2016
The share of payments out of the total economic transactions reached a 5-year low in February 2018
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