The second-largest digital currency by market value has slumped around 18% since June, while Bitcoin was down around half that amount during the same period. Ether dropped as much as 5.4% to $1,639 on Monday, and the original cryptocurrency slipped as much as 2.3% to $27,290.
That has helped to reduce Ether’s percentage of the total capitalization of the $1 trillion crypto market to 17.8% from around 18.4% at the start of the year, …