Bitcoin and Ether fell in Asian trading on Wednesday afternoon, with Dogecoin leading declines across top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies. See related article: Sam Bankman-Fried hires attorney Mark Cohen amid probes of failed FTX exchange Fast facts Bitcoin dropped 1.41% over the past 24 hours and was trading at US$16,780 by 4:30 p.m. in Hong Kong, and Ether decreased 2.68% to US$1,228, according to CoinMarketCap. Dogecoin slumped 5.47% to US$0.09561. Twitter user “Nima Owji” who… Source link
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