Crypto prices update: Bitcoin falls by over 6% to $21,969; Ether plunges 5.4%
Top cryptocurrencies on August 19 continue to trade in red with the global crypto market cap declined 5.92 per cent to $1.05 trillion over a day earlier. Over the 24 hours, the total crypto market volume though gained 5.97 per cent and is currently at $72.83 billion, according to coinmarketcap.com.
Also, total volume in DeFi stood at $5.74B, i.e. 7.88% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume. All stable coins’ volume is now $66.77B, which is 91.68% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume.
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Bitcoin’s dominance is currently 40.08%, an increase of 0.07% over the day. However, sudden selling dragged bitcoin to a three-week low.
Bitcoin fell as much as 7.7% to $21,404 over a few minutes during the European morning. Though it recovered slightly and last stood at $21,969 at 1 pm. Its current market capitalisation is $421,779,848,748. Also, Ether was last down 5% at $1,753, but recovered and currently trading 5.53% down at $1,742.78.
Here are some cryptocurrency prices at 1 pm IST:
| Cryptocurrency & their acronyms | Price (In $) | 24 hour change (in %) | M-cap (in $) |
| Bitcoin (BTC) | 21,969 | -6.2 | 421,779,848,848 |
| Ethereum (ETH) | 1741.38 | -5.57 | 214,036,004,403 |
| Tether (USDT) | 1 | -0.01 | 67,555,059,285 |
| USD Coin (USDC) | 0.9999 | -0.02 | 52,850,908,791 |
| Binance USD (BUSD) | 0.9999 | -0.06 | 18,539,889,608 |
| XRP (XRP) | 0.3458 | -7.55 | 17,087,869,457 |
| Cardano (ADA) | 0.4731 | -12.23 | 15,980,504,757 |
| Solana (SOL) | 36.20 | -11.47 | 12,648,791,714 |
| Dogecoin (Dgge) | 0.07020 | -13.67 | 9,293,268,861 |
| Polkadot (Dot) | 7.48 | -11.92 | 8,298,310,545 |
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