New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- Tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump sent the cryptocurrency market into a tailspin, as investors pared exposure to riskier assets.

Bitcoin, the world's biggest and most popular crypto token, crashed 5% to $93,921.93 in Monday's trading session and even touched a three-week low of around $91,441.89.

Ether, the second-largest digital asset by market value, tanked over 26% to $2,135 in trade today. It was the token's largest intraday decline in percentage terms since May 2021, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Some of the other smaller tokens fared equally worse, shedding between 15-23%.

Memecoin DOGE tanked 23% to $0.2313 according to data from coinmarketcap.com. Meanwhile, Solana was down 6% and X...