Bitcoin Retreats to $45,000 Levels, ETH Dips
Most of the major 20 digital assets fell as of Monday late afternoon, bucking the trend of the US markets. Bitcoin (BTC-USD), the largest cryptocurrency by market value, was recently changing hands at $45,202, down 2.7% in the past 24 hours, according to data from CoinDesk.
Trading volume was at $30.68 billion, up 35%, CoinMarketCap data showed.
Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset, was trading 2.2% lower at $3,421, whereas Terra (LUNA-USD), the fourth-largest, fell 2.1% to $110.38.
Fifteen additional digital assets on the CoinDesk 20 list, which accounts for 99% of the market by volume at eight of the largest exchanges, logged losses in the low to mid-single-digit percentage range.
Chainlink (LINK-USD) and Algorand (ALGO), the no. 13th and 19th digital assets led the losses with drops of about 7% each.
Tether (USDT-USD) and USD Coin (USDC-USD), two stablecoins pegged to the US dollar, were each trading 0.03% higher from their value 24 hours ago. Bitcoin Retreats to $45,000 Levels, ETH Dips
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