The cryptocurrency market wilted early Monday, with losses in bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and other major cryptocurrencies triggering the liquidation of leveraged bets worth $1.5 billion. The decline followed a supposedly dovish Fed interest-rate cut, which was expected to send the dollar index lower and encourage more risk-taking in crypto markets. "In recent days, there have been several signals of a shift to a downward trend in the first cryptocurrency," Alex Kuptsikevich, chief market analyst at the F ...