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Ether lost the $3,300 support level in early Asian hours on Friday, plunging to as low as $3,113 before briefly gaining over $90 at the time of writing. Friday’s drop was a continuation of a market-wide decline that started on Wednesday. The U.S. Federal Reserve released the minutes of its December meeting that signaled tightening of financial policies and caused a sell-off in risky assets.