Bitcoin swoons 10% after news of South Korea crypto exchange hack, leading a broad cryptocurrency selloff

in #bitcoin7 years ago

Coinrail, a relatively small South Korean cryptocurrency exchange,

tweeted over the weekend that it was hacked, according to Google Translate.

Bitcoin fell more than 10 percent to a low of $6,647.33, its lowest since April 9,

according to CoinDesk's bitcoin price index.

The decline followed a report on Friday from The Wall Street

Journal that U.S. regulators are investigating potential

price manipulation at four major cryptocurrency exchanges.

Bitcoin tumbled more than 10 percent over the weekend to

its lowest in two months, after a relatively

small South Korean exchange said it was hacked.

Over the weekend, crypto exchange Coinrail

tweeted that it was hacked, and noted that lesser-known

cryptocurrencies such as Pundi X were among those affected,

according to Google Translate. The Pundi X-bitcoin

pair is the most-traded on Coinrail, CoinMarketCap data showed.

However, Coinrail's public statements did not mention bitcoin,

according to Google Translate.

Nevertheless, Bitcoin hit a low of $6,647.33 on Sunday,

its lowest since April 9, according to CoinDesk's bitcoin price index,

and coincided with a broader crypto sell-off.

The digital currency traded off those lows Monday afternoon, near $6,700.

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