Other cryptocurrencies also fell sharply, with Ethereum's ether
down 1.6 percent and Ripple's XRP down a similar amount in a
largely sentiment-driven slide.
Bitcoin was last trading at $3,880 -- holding above 2018 lows
hit last week. A broad-based selloff in digital currencies has
knocked off three-fourth in value of the world's best known
cryptocurrency this year.
(Reporting by Dhara Ranasinghe; Editing by Saikat Chatterjee)
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