The cryptocurrency fell more than 5 per cent to an almost three-week low of $28,800 in the Asia session, before steadying around $30,000. Bitcoin fell heavily on Friday and was heading toward its sharpest weekly drop since last March, as worries over its technology and regulation extended a pullbac»»»

ECB President Christine Lagarde called Friday for a European Securities and Exchange Commission and the creation of a single capital market to help raise the trillions of dollars needed to meet the challenges looming from "deglobalization, depopulation and decarbonization." File photo by Erik S. Le»»»