FTX collapse spells more 'crypto winter' pain to come

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Investors have shied away from risky, volatile assets like cryptocurrencies this year as central banks back away from easy monetary policies to tame rising inflation. © Reuters

DYLAN LOH and PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writers

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG -- Cryptocurrency market players are staring at a prolonged slump for their industry, and for digital coins, as the collapse of the once-mighty virtual token exchange FTX spreads unease across the sector in a year that has already wrecked valuations in the asset class.

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