Bitcoin, ASX suffer their worst sell-off since Trump's tariff announcement | ABC NEWS

What started as a US tech sell-off has spread to almost everywhere else, wiping almost $70 billion off the Australian share market. Bitcoin has tumbled to almost $US60,000. Since hitting a record high in October 2025, the original cryptocurrency has lost almost half its value during this prolonged 'crypto winter', as finance presenter David Chau explains.

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