Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value, traded at about US$35,350 as at 12.05pm in Singapore. It touched a low of US$34,042.77 over the weekend, a loss of more than 50 per cent from its all-time high in November.
Hawkish monetary policy signals from the Federal Reserve as well as fresh regulatory hints by the White House and the threat of an outright mining and trading ban in Russia have whipsawed digital coins. Declines in Ether – the second-largest token – and in newer coins have outpaced Bitcoin’s fall of late.
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