Bitcoin, crypto return to red after rate hike rally wears off
Thursday’s crypto market recovery was short-lived as most major tokens fell by at least 7% in the past day, with Bitcoin trading within reach of US$20,000 for the first time since December 2020.
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Fast facts
- The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell up to 10% to hit as low as US$20,265 on Friday morning Asia time, and was priced US$20,265 at press time, according to CoinMarketCap.
- Ethereum fell as much as 15% to hit a low of US$1,058 on Friday morning before recovering to change hands at US$1,105 at press time.
- The two cryptocurrencies were trading at 57% and 67% below their prices from the start of the year, respectively.
- Solana and Polkadot saw some of the biggest losses, falling over 10% in the past 24 hours to trade at US$31.91 and US$7.35 at press time.
- Dogecoin leapfrogged Polkadot to re-enter the crypto top 10 by market cap, despite dropping 7% to trade at US$0.5665 at press time.
- The crypto market initially responded positively to the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing interest rates hikes by 75 basis points, but has since erased profits from the brief rally.
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