比特幣滑向6000美元關口

Bitcoin slid towards $6,000 on Tuesday hitting a 12-week low and extending losses for a third consecutive day.

周二，比特幣滑向6000美元關口，觸及了12周以來的低點，這已是其連續(xù)第3天下跌。

The cryptocurrency fell as much as 9.7 per cent in morning trading hours in Asia, touching an intraday low of $6,206, its lowest since November 15, according to Reuters data tracking pricing on the Bitstamp exchange.

根據路透(Reuters)追蹤比特幣交易所Bitstamp的比特幣價格的數據，亞洲早盤時段，這種加密貨幣一度下跌9.7%，觸及6206美元的盤中低點，這是去年11月15日以來的最低價位。

Bitcoin was trading at $6,268 at 03.50 GMT, down almost 70 per cent from the record high of $19,666 in mid-December.

格林威治標準時間3時50分，比特幣的交易價為6268美元，比去年12月中旬達到的19666美元的歷史峰值下跌了近70%。

The slide comes after UK banks are considering banning customers from buying cryptocurrencies using their credit cards after Lloyds Banking Group and Virgin Money said they had imposed a ban.

英國的銀行正考慮禁止客戶使用信用卡購買加密貨幣。此前，勞埃德銀行集團(Lloyds Banking Group)和維珍理財(Virgin Money)稱它們已經實施了類似禁令。

South Korea’s spy agency told a parliamentary committee that North Korean hackers were possibly behind a hack of a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck last month that stole $520m.

韓國情報機構對韓國議會的一個委員會表示，朝鮮黑客可能是上月日本加密貨幣交易所Coincheck遭入侵并被竊取5.2億美元背后的真兇。