Ripple's XRP loses half its value in less than a week

Ripple's XRP cryptocurrency is down roughly 10% Wednesday morning as it continues to slide downward — bottoming out at $1.62 per coin, less than half its value a week ago.
The negative spiral began on Monday, when popular data site CoinMarketCap opted to exclude prices from South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges from its data, causing the prices to show dramatic drops on its site.
This "likely triggered some panic selling," Ripple's chief cryptographer David Schwartz said, further drag