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Cryptocurrency Market Graphs Go Red Again

January 2019 has proved to be the bear run we all were afraid of. This month has seen a square wave of pumps and dumps that still can’t be marshalled into a pattern.

Red is in the air today as well, with 4-10% loss in almost all major cryptocurrencies.

Crypto charts
Source: coin360.com

Here’s how the Top 10 cryptocurrencies performed today.

Bitcoin (BTC):
Bitcoin has gone down by -4.21% in the last 24 hrs. It started the day with $3,745 and maintained it till 16:00 (UTC+5) when it nose-tipped and shed a $100 in an hour. Since then, it’s maintaining the newly achieved drop rate.

BTC chart
Source: coinmarketcap.com

The sentiment metric isn’t helping BTC either. It’s in the negative at press time while remaining in the negative for majority of the day.

BTC Sentiment
Source: thetie.io

Ripple (XRP):
The second in-line to the top, XRP is down by 4.26%, shedding down to $0.317. It’s $1 billion up from Ethereum in market capitalization which has been chasing it for the second spot for months now.

XRP chart
Source: coinmarketcap.com

Ethereum (ETH):
Ethereum is down by 6% at press time, shedding $5 in graphs today. Market capitalization is down by approx. $800 million. Its sentiment has thoroughly been in red today, reflecting into the prices.

Ethereum chart
Source: coinmarketcap.com

The following seven:
The rest of the currencies fell like dominoes when the top 3 crashed. All are in reds with the loss between 5-10%.

Top10
Source: coinmarketcap.com

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Sarim Mehmood

An electrical engineer to be. Sarim is a blockchain & crypto enthusiast and an early investor in ETH and Ethereum based projects. Contact the editor at editor.opinions@blockpublisher.com