Bitcoin falls 4% to $99,237
(Reuters) -Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market value, was down by 4.13% at $99,237 at 10:52 a.m. ET (1452 GMT) on Sunday.
Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, was down by around 8.52% at $2,199.
(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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