Bitcoin falls 5.2% to $22,253

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March 3 (Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped 5.2% to $22,253 at 2204 GMT on Friday, losing $1,213 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 11.9% from the year's high of $25,270 on Feb. 16. Ether , the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, dropped 5.3% to $1,560.9 on Friday, losing $87.1 from its previous close. (Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)

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