Cryptocurrencies haven’t been spared from the selloff in global markets this week. And today in Asian trade, another crypto bloodbath is taking place as regional stock markets steady the ship. A short time ago, Bitcoin had slumped below $US3,400 on Binance — one of the world’s three largest exchanges by volume: {image} That marks a fall of more than 10% over the last 24 hours, and takes Bitcoin prices to a new 15-month low. All the major alt-coins have seen similar falls, with Ethereum, Ripple and Litecoin down more than 10% while Bitcoin Cash has slumped by around 20%. As usual in the murky world of crypto ... (full story)