Bitcoin prices on Friday were slumping, on track for the steepest slide in three weeks, with the decline in the world’s No. 1 crypto coming in tandem with a retreat in the stock market.
Crypto assets aren’t meant to be correlated to traditional asset, but increasingly a stumble in risk has coincided with shifts in sentiment around digital assets.
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Declines for both Ether and bitcoin would be about the worst daily slumps since late May.
The global crypto market was down 6%, according to CoinMarketCap.com.
The declines in digital assets come as the Dow Jones Industrial Average
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