Hundreds of billions have been wiped off the value of the crypto currencies. A prominent Ukrainian blogger and influencer on digital coins has been found dead. And traders are bracing themselves for a rocky start to trading on Monday as markets start to tumble. We will have to see whether it develops into a full-blown crash or not. And yet, all the major equity indices were already wildly overvalued, and a correction was always inevitable – it was just a question of when it would start.

There may well be a rough few days ahead for investors. An estimated $400 billion was wiped off the value of the main crypto currencies on Friday evening, while the Nasdaq dropped by more than 800 points, or 3.5 per cent , before the New York stock exchange closed, with the S&P 500, the benchmark for US

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