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    Home » Market Updates » Bitcoin Loses $900 Amid Crypto Markets Collapse (Price Watch)

    Bitcoin Loses $900 Amid Crypto Markets Collapse (Price Watch)

    Author: Jordan Lyanchev

    Last Updated Aug 19, 2020 @ 06:55

    The cryptocurrency market loses over 5% of its value with Bitcoin dumping to below $12,000 and altcoins bleeding out.

    Bitcoin’s run above $12,000 was short-lived as the asset has tanked by 4% in the past 24 hours to $11,800. However, BTC’s dominance over the market has increased slightly as most altcoins have plummeted as well.

    Bitcoin Fails To Stay Above $12K

    Bitcoin’s latest attempt to conquer $12,000 seemed successful at first glance, unlike the previous ones, when it dumped almost immediately after breaking above it. However, the situation reversed yesterday after a sudden price drop to $11,800 (on Binance).

    Although the asset managed to recover some of its losses initially and headed above $12,000 again, the bears quickly regained control and drove it down to its current stance at $11,750. Thus, BTC completed a dump of 4% in the past 24 hours as it dropped to a low of $11,612 on Binance.

    It’s worth following if the recent bull trend has reversed entirely, or this is just an opportunity to buy the dip.

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    BTC/USD. Source: Binance

    During yesterday’s trading session, gold also experienced a sharp price decrease. The precious metal went from its daily high of $2,015 per ounce to $1,975, thus reaffirming the increased correlation between the two asset groups.

    In contrast, the stock markets were in the green. The Nasdaq Composite increased its value by 0.75% after a rally from tech-based companies. The S&P 500 erased all losses registered during the most intense days of the COVID-19 pandemic and reached a fresh all-time high.

    Altcoins Bleed Out

    As illustrated from the graph below, red dominates most of the altcoin market as well. Ethereum drops by 4.2% to $410, Ripple (-8%) to $0.29, Bitcoin Cash (-7%) to $295, Chainlink (-11%) to $15, Litecoin (5.5%) to $63, BitcoinSV (-9%) to $210, and Cardano (-6.8%) to $0.13 are the most significant losers from the top 10.

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    Cryptocurrency Heat Map. Source: Coind360.com

    Further losses are evident from Numeraire (-21%), Ocean Protocol (-20%), Fetch.ai (-19%), Aragon (-17%), Band Protocol (-13.5%), Zilliqa (-13%), Kava (-12%), iExec RLC (-12%), Qtum (-11.3%), and more. Interestingly, Justin Sun’s three cryptocurrency projects, namely JUST, BitTorrent, and TRON, are all down by approximately 15%.

    Yet, it’s worth noting that Yearn.Finance, after recently marking a fresh all-time high, is up again with 21% to $11,088. Theta (7.5%), Compound (5.5%), and Swipe (4%) are also among the few gainers.

    Ultimately, the market cap lost over $20 billion from the $387 billion peak yesterday to $366 billion at the time of this writing. With most altcoins losing significant chunks of value, Bitcoin has regained some ground in terms of its dominance to 60% after dumping to 58.2% a few days ago.

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    Jordan got into crypto in 2016 by trading and investing. He began writing about blockchain technology in 2017. He has managed numerous crypto-related projects and is passionate about all things blockchain. Contact Jordan: LinkedIn

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