CRYPTO AT RISK AS SENTIMENT SAGS Bitcoin and ether may face further declines as risk appetite weakens, according to Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick. A softening U.S. economy and reduced expectations for Fed rate cuts until June are weighing on markets, alongside falling digital-asset ETF holdings. Kendrick sees bitcoin potentially dropping to $50,000 and ether to $1,400. Bitcoin was recently at $67,869 after hitting a 16-month low of $60,008 last week, while ether traded at $1,984 after touching a nine-month low of $1,751.(*Walter Bloomberg)