Bitcoin price started a major downside correction below the USD 18,000 level. BTC declined over 10% and it even spiked below USD 17,000. Finally, the bulls were able to protect the USD 16,500 support level and the price is currently (13:00 UTC) recovering above USD 17,000. Also, there was a strong decline in most major altcoins, including ethereum, XRP, litecoin, EOS, XLM, LINK, BNB, TRX, bitcoin