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Bitcoin sinks to new 13-month low

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LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin slumped to a new 13-month low on Monday, with the biggest cryptocurrency touching $5173.23 on the Bitstamp platform.

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 destabilise others.

(Reporting by Tom Wilson and Helen Reid; Editing by Saikat Chatterjee)

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First Published: Nov 19 2018 | 2:51 PM IST

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