The worst does not appear to be over for the bitcoin price, as the flagship cryptocurrency on Tuesday slipped below $6,800, a mark that many analysts had pegged as a critical support level for BTC’s short-term prospects. Bitcoin had spent the majority of the day trading above the $7,000 mark. However, as CCN reported, the market has been plagued by low volume in recent days, which is often an indication of a short-term bearish trend. At 19:30 UTC, the bitcoin price took a major downward pivot, falling from $7,100 to $6,900 in less than 45 minutes. At that point, BTC/USD began to test the $6,800 level, which professional traders such as Bart Smith of Susquehanna International Group had identified as a critical level that bitcoin must hold if it hopes to reenter a bullish uptrend. BTC/USD | BitfinexIt’s not the first time in recent days that bitcoin has flirted with that mark, but this time the support gave out, and the bitcoin price plunged as low as $6,677 on Bitfinex before recovering to a present value of $6,731 as of 21:38 UTC. Nevertheless, now that support at $6,800 has broken, it may be the case that bitcoin has not, in fact, found its 2018 bottom. Click here for a real-time bitcoin price chart or here to read CCN’s latest BTCUSD intraday analysis