Bitcoin dropped 7% to $35,431.15 at 20:02 GMT on Friday, losing $2,666.53 from its previous close.
Cryptocurrencies fought to find a footing after even weekend cheerleading from Tesla boss Elon Musk seemed unable offset selling pressure from spooked investors
We see a possibility of the Indian government considering forming a panel to regulate cryptocurrencies as digital assets than tokens, Gupta said
Investors with low appetite for volatility must avoid it altogether
There were signs that a top was near, from the Coinbase IPO to Elon Musk on Saturday Night Live. But the cryptocurrency has risen from the dead before
This is the second instance of Mumbai-based WazirX's server crashing this month, and the third since April
The two main digital currencies, bitcoin and ether, fell as much as 30 per cent and 45 per cent respectively
The cryptocurrency has tumbled 40 per cent from a record high of $64,895 hit on April 14. It is also heading for its first monthly decline since November 2018.
Bitcoin's volatile week-long slide saw it tumble to below $40,000 mark as news of further restrictions on cryptocurrency transactions in China added to earlier concerns sparked by Elon Musk's tweets
Also weighing on digital coins was a new Chinese ban on financial institutions providing services related to cryptocurrency transactions
Musk has boosted crypto markets with his enthusiasm for the asset class, but has lately roiled trade by appearing to cool on bitcoin in favour of its one-time parody, dogecoin
Tesla's biggest decline since September was fueled in part by Musk's comments over the weekend that the prices of Bitcoin and smaller rival Ether 'do seem high'
Bitcoin plunged as much as 17 per cent and briefly back below $50,000 in New York
The most popular cryptocurrency rallied over the weekend to record levels, almost doubling year-to-date. It hit a market capitalisation of $1 trillion on Friday
The cryptocurrency saw its sharpest fall since September last year
The world's most popular cryptocurrency continued to retreat from the $42,000 record high hit on January 8
Cryptocurrencies plunged on Monday, with bitcoin dropping more than 12% to a one-week low as rising US yields lifted the dollar broadly and hurt non-income paying assets
The rout began just hours after Bitcoin rose to within $7 of its record high of $19,511, the culmination of a more than 250% surge in past nine months
Monday's "halving" cuts the rewards given to those who "mine" bitcoin to 6.25 new coins from 12.5. The next halving will be in 2024.
Politicians and financial regulators across the world have called for scrutiny of Facebook's Libra coin, with concerns ranging from consumer protection and privacy to its potential systemic risks