Cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin, Ether, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, other cryptos fall amid Russia-Ukraine war

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Major cryptocurrencies fell on Thursday after a gain in the previous day's session as global stock markets rebound after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he supported a more modest interest rate rise this month than some investors had been fearing.World's largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin was trading 1.24 percent lower at 43,735.99 at 8:45 am, according to CoinDesk data. The cryptocurrency has surged ever since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Bitcoin trading denominated in the Russian rouble went into overdrive when the invasion began last week, with daily volumes rising 259 percent from a day earlier to 1.3 billion rouble ($13.1 million), according to CryptoCompare data.The cryptocurrency initially fell to nearly $34,000 following Russia's advance into Ukraine last week. However, it surged nearly 25 percent in the past week as Russians and Ukrainians were holding assets in cryptos.

Prior to the Russian invasion, bitcoin had been trading in a way similar to other riskier assets such as technology stocks. Bitcoin has witnessed very high volatility this year - the cryptocurrency had hit a low of $32,950.72 on January 24.Also Read:Asian shares rise after Fed comment on interest rate hike, oil prices skyrocketEther, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency which is linked to ethereum blockchain, also lost 0.86 percent to $2922.Meme crypto Dogecoin was trading 1.46 percent lower at $0.132, while Shiba Inu lost 2.87 percent to trade at $0.000026.