i am new to following bitcoin is something like this part of the drop in price today. Or is todays drop normal?
there is nothing "normal' in terms of bitcoin volitity. usd and other currencies shift at most 1-2? in the short term bitcoin can do big jumps.
go to sites like coindesk and look at the price charts eg in 2 days in january it went from $267 to $177 and a day later back to $210.
