FILE PHOTO: A representation of cryptocurrency Bitcoin is seen in this illustration taken August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo
September 7, 2021
LONDON (Reuters) – A selloff in cryptocurrencies widened on Tuesday, with bitcoin weakening nearly 4% while smaller rival ether fell more than 6%.
The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency weakened 4% to $50,516, having risen to a mid-May high above $52,000 earlier, in Asian trading.
Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, fell more than 6% to $3,666.
(Reporting by Saikat Chatterjee; editing by Sujata Rao)
Source: One America News Network
