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Bitcoin falls to $60,000 as total crypto market capitalization loses $70 billion  

The Flagship crypto asset Bitcoin has dropped to $60,661 following a general market downturn that left most assets in the Red.

The Total market capitalization of the entire crypto market also lost a staggering $70 billion following the downturn.  

Bitcoin initially plummeted below the $60,000 mark for the first time in several weeks before slightly gaining to $60,661 at the time of the report.

The same scenario played out with Altcoins with ETH slumping beneath $2,900, while SOL, DOGE, and BCH have dumped by 6–7%. 

Bitcoin through the week  

After a brief roller coaster last weekend, Bitcoin hit $70,000 a seven-week high level following various Pro- crypto speeches from influential persons like Donald Trump, Senator Lummis, and Michael Saylor at the Bitcoin Conference held in Nashville.  

The 70,000 price level was short-lived as the asset was dumped by $4,000 to cool off at $66,000. On Friday Bitcoin dumped from $66,000 to $62,000 following News of the US unemployment rate hitting the highest level since 2021.  

Over the weekend Bitcoin dumped to below $60,000 alongside risky US stocks as the General crypto market turned red. However, it slightly recovered to $60,661 at the time of the report. Bitcoin Market Cap has slumped below $1.2 trillion at the moment.  

How is Bitcoin faring at the moment? 

At the time of the report, Bitcoin is changing hands for $60,661 dropping by 1.7% in the last 24 hours with a maximum price of $62,161 and a minimum price of $59,909.

The crypto asset is down 10% in the last 7 days and 17.7% from its all-time high of $73,737.  

Altcoins drop over the weekend  

Altcoins were heavily affected by the general market downtime over the weekend too. The altcoins have a long history of reacting to Bitcoin’s performance.  

The Biggest losers over the weekend amongst the Altcoins with large market caps include SOL (-7%), DOGE (-6%), AVAX (-5%), SHIB (-5%), BCH (-7%), and NEAR (-8%).  

Ethereum and Binance coins also dropped in Price values with Ethereum dropping to $2,890 before recovering to $2,907 and Binance coins dropping to $523 before dropping even further to $349 at the time of report.  

What to know  

  • The Total crypto market capitalization lost a whopping $70 billion dropping to $2.230 trillion following the general market downturn. The top 19 crypto assets by market capitalization are all in red at the time of this report. 
  • The Total crypto market capitalization is down by 2.4% in the last 24 hours.
  • Despite the general market downturn, Bitcoin still maintains reasonable dominance over the Altcoins per Coingecko data. Bitcoin’s dominance over the altcoins is on the rise to 53.2% according to the crypto stats platform.  

 


Source: Naijaonpoint.com.

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