(Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin is most expensive relative to second-ranked Ether since October. Some market-watchers have pointed to a glitch in the process of making the Ethereum network less energy-intensive as fueling worries in the space in recent days. The market moves come at a time when cryptocurrency has been depressed overall as the Federal Reserve begins a rate-hike cycle and inflation surges around the world. 

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