Bitcoin-mining stocks sink as the cryptocurrency struggles to reclaim $50,000 level

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Bitcoin struggled to regain the $50,000 per coin support level in the latter half of this week.
The bitcoin pullback led to a sharp drop in share price of in crypto mining companies.
Marathon Patent Group, Riot Blockchain, and Hive Blockchain technologies all sank double digits in percentage terms on Friday.
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Bitcoin-mining stocks sank across the board on Friday as the cryptocurrency struggled to reclaim the $50,000 per-co