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Cryptocurrency prices have been sliding lower for some time, even before the rout this month.
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Toh Ting Wei
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SINGAPORE - The first time I invested a four-digit sum was in mid-2019, a year after I started working full-time.
I had read online about the cryptocurrency token XRP and was hoodwinked by numerous comments vouching that it was "heading to the moon".

