Crypto market crash: Why Ethereum and Bitcoin see a dip in valuation
The crypto market crashed amid a rising inflation rate. BTC, ETH and others lose the market cap
By Shashank Bhardwaj
Image: Shutterstock
The crypto markets have hit a new low for the year, with the market capitalisation plunging below the $1 trillion mark for the first time since February 2021. Bitcoin has dropped below $23,000, its lowest point since December 2020. And BTC isn't the only one, nearly every top coin is now worth half or less of its all-time high.
The total market capitalisation of the market at the time of writing stands at $963 billion, a drop of around 4.1 percent since yesterday. Bitcoin (BTC), the most valuable crypto by market capitalisation, dropped sharply, and its market dominance fell to 45 percent, registering a decrease of 2 percent over the day. Ethereum, the second-largest crypto by market cap, slipped below the $1300 mark, with a total valuation just above $149 billion.
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