比特币滑向6000美元关口

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

周二，比特币滑向6000美元关口，触及了12周以来的低点，这已是其连续第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.

根据路透(Reuters)追踪比特币交易所Bitstamp的比特币价格的数据，亚洲早盘时段，这种加密货币一度下跌9.7%，触及6206美元的盘中低点，这是去年11月15日以来的最低价位。

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.

格林威治标准时间3时50分，比特币的交易价为6268美元，比去年12月中旬达到的19666美元的历史峰值下跌了近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.

英国的银行正考虑禁止客户使用信用卡购买加密货币。此前，劳埃德银行集团(Lloyds Banking Group)和维珍理财(Virgin Money)称它们已经实施了类似禁令。

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.

韩国情报机构对韩国议会的一个委员会表示，朝鲜黑客可能是上月日本加密货币交易所Coincheck遭入侵并被窃取5.2亿美元背后的真凶。