Bitcoin was last down 5.2 percent at $5270. The cryptocurrency,
and other lesser coins including ethereum and XRP, endured a
sell-off last week, with some blaming fears that a "hard fork"
in bitcoin cash, where the smaller coin that split into two
separate currencies, could destabilize others.
(Reporting by Tom Wilson and Helen Reid; Editing by Saikat
Chatterjee)
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