Bitcoin falls 7.4% to $40,632 By Reuters

(Reuters) – dropped 7.4% to $40,631.78 at 2205 GMT on Thursday, down $3,248.05 from its earlier shut.

Bitcoin, the world’s largest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 15.3% from the year-to-date excessive of $47,989 set on Jan. 2.

Ether, the cryptocurrency linked to the ethereum blockchain community, fell 7.43 % to $2,891.32 on Thursday, down $231.92 from its earlier shut.

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