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(Reuters) – dropped 4.5% to $26,916 at 20:07 GMT on Wednesday, shedding $1,276 from its earlier shut.
Bitcoin, the world’s greatest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 7% from the yr’s excessive of $28,936 on March 22.
Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain community, dropped 4.67 % to $1,722.6 on Wednesday, shedding $84.3 from its earlier shut.
