# Bitcoin bulls scramble to defend $40,000 as the crypto market sell-off intensifies
“# Bitcoin bulls scramble to defend $40,000 as the crypto market sell-off intensifies ” Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins dropped further on Feb. 17 after the situation in Ukraine worsened and Russia expelled Bart Gorman, the United States Deputy Chief of Diplomatic Mission, from the country after President Biden reiterated that the threat of a Ukraine invasion by…