Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin, Ether Sink as ‘Sense of Panic’ Grips Crypto Investors
- Fear of missing out turns into broad digital coin sell-off
- Ether and other smaller tokens are falling faster than Bitcoin
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Bitcoin touched below $6,000 and dozens of smaller digital tokens including Ether retreated as this month’s sell-off in cryptocurrencies showed few signs of letting up.
The largest digital currency fell as much as 6.2 percent to $5,887, the lowest level since June, before paring some of the drop, according to Bloomberg composite pricing. Ether sank as much as 13 percent, while all but one of the 100 biggest cryptocurrencies tracked by Coinmarketcap.com recorded declines over the past 24 hours.