Bitcoin price skids after South Korea suggests crackdown

SEOUL, South Korea — Prices of bitcoin and other digital currencies have skidded after South Korea’s top financial policymaker said a crackdown on trading of crypto currencies was still possible. Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon said Tuesday in an interview with local radio station TBS that banning trading in digital currencies was “a live option.” He...

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