Bitcoin Falls to $60,000 as Global Risk Assets Slide; Silver Plunges 9%

Bitcoin dropped to $60,000 and Ethereum fell below $1,800 on Feb. 6, BlockBeats reports. U.S. equity index futures extended losses, with S&P 500 futures down 1%, Nasdaq futures declining 1.6%, and Dow futures falling nearly 0.6%. Spot gold slid 2.51% to $4,660 per ounce, spot silver plunged 9.00% to $64.38 per ounce, and spot palladium declined 4.00% to $1,574.96 per ounce. Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.57% below 53,000 points, while South Korea's KOSPI 200 index futures dropped 5%, triggering a five-minute halt in program trading.