Bitcoin Slumps to 12-Week Low Below $6K

In the top 5, ethereum’s ether token is down 29 per cent, Ripple’s XRP is down 24 per cent, bitcoin money has dropped 28 per cent and cardano is down 24.

Bitcoin prices plunged to a 12-week low under $6,000 that morning, coverage double-digit percentage losses amid a continued crypto marketplace sell-off.

Released at Tue, 06 Feb 2018 08:30:17 +0000
The remaining top 10 monies by market cap are down at least 20% each. NEO will be the largest loser in the top 10 and has depreciated based on information source CoinMarketCap.
As of now, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is changing hands at $6,156, down approximately 22 percent on a 24-hour basis.
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The sell-off was significant, according to the $1,000 drop found between 00:45 to 05:00 UTC. Further, during the same time interval, the market capitalization of bitcoin dropped over $11 billion to $106 billion.