By Rob Lenihan Cryptocurrency prices are down as they have ‘largely dovetailed with major equity markets,’ an analyst says. Cryptocurrency prices were sliding Monday, moving in the same direction as the major stock indexes. Bitcoin was down 6.4% to $40,416 at last check, according to CoinGecko, while ethereum was dropped 8.2% to $3,024 and dogecoin sank 9.5% to $0.140789. ‘The Elephant in the Room’Crypto’s fall matched the downward movement of the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing nearly 180 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 has traded in synch with bitcoin recently an…