Bitcoin tumbles under $80,000 as Warsh Fed pick shakes altcoin season hopes
Bitcoin slid below $80,000 on Saturday, extending a sharp pullback as traders fretted over tighter U.S. liquidity after former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh was selected as the next Fed chair. The biggest cryptocurrency was down 6.53% at $78,719.63 at 12:48 p.m. ET, and is about a third off October record highs; it hit $81,104 on Friday, the lowest since Nov. 21. Ether fell 11.76% to $2,387.77, as cryptocurrencies lagged rallies in gold and stocks and early hopes for friendlier policy under Donald Trump cooled, Reuters reported.