(Reuters) – Bitcoin dropped 9.95% to $48,397.56 at 18:02 GMT on Saturday, losing $5,346.13 from its previous close.
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 29.9% from the year’s high of $69,000 on Nov. 10.
Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, dropped 4.67 % to $4,025.67 on Saturday, losing $197.13 from its previous close.
(Reporting by Juby Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
