<p>A selloff in cryptocurrencies widened on Tuesday, with bitcoin weakening nearly 4% while smaller rival ether fell more than 6%.</p>.<p>The world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency weakened 4% to $50,516, having risen to a mid-May high above $52,000 earlier, in Asian trading.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/in-a-first-bitcoin-becomes-legal-tender-in-el-salvador-1027868.html" target="_blank">In a first, Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador</a></strong></p>.<p>Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, fell more than 6% to $3,666. </p>
<p>A selloff in cryptocurrencies widened on Tuesday, with bitcoin weakening nearly 4% while smaller rival ether fell more than 6%.</p>.<p>The world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency weakened 4% to $50,516, having risen to a mid-May high above $52,000 earlier, in Asian trading.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/in-a-first-bitcoin-becomes-legal-tender-in-el-salvador-1027868.html" target="_blank">In a first, Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador</a></strong></p>.<p>Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, fell more than 6% to $3,666. </p>