Crypto stocks dropped in morning trading as Bitcoin fell below 68,000. Marathon Digital and Coinbase fell 4%; Riot Platforms and CleanSpark fell 3%; MicroStrategy and Bitfarms fell 2%.
Bitcoin's upward trend temporarily halted after close to $70,000 on Monday.
US spot-Bitcoin ETFs lured almost $2.4 billion of net inflows in the six days through Oct. 18, data compiled by Bloomberg show, partly on bets that US crypto rules will become friendlier after the Nov. 5 presidential election.
Republican candidate Donald Trump is avowedly pro-crypto, so much so that Bitcoin is viewed as a so-called Trump trade. Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris has vowed to support a regulatory framework for the industry. That contrasts with a crackdown on the sector under the Biden administration.
Bitcoin climbed nearly 10% in the seven days through Sunday, the original cryptocurrency’s best weekly performance in more than a month. ETF demand helped the token reach a record high of $73,798 in March. The rally cooled and Bitcoin last traded above $70,000 back in June.
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