Crypto market plunges as downward pressure grows

The crypto market continues to extend losses across the board as prevailing selloff by investors is showing no signs of abating on the back of a strong pickup in risk aversion. Average loss per coin has been near 12.25% over the past 24-hour period.

Investors and traders are growing increasingly nervous amid souring mood and negative outlook that may open up a long-lasting downward spiral, adding to the challenges facing digital asset holders in the market.

The entire market has almost been closely moving in lockstep with bitcoin which has been used as a guide by traders to make their bets. Crypto markets operate 24/7, setting the stage for price swings at unpredictable hours.

Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is changing hands at US $46,770 (down 11.2%). Ether is down 12.7% to US $3,430.

The first cryptocurrency dropped from US $50,257 to $43,351 initially before recovering some ground.

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele who made Bitcoin official legal tender in the country was unfazed. 

Among Top 10 big caps, Solana (SOL) is the best performer up 22.9% in 24 hours.

As of press time, Top 10 free-floating cryptocurrencies over the day:

CryptoUSD24HCap
Bitcoin (BTC)$46,770-11.2%$880B
Ethereum (ETH)$3,430-12.7%$403B
Ripple (XRP)$1.12-19.4%$112B
Cardano (ADA)$2.48-12.6%$80.1B
Binance Coin (BNB)$415-16.3%$69.9B
Solana (SOL)$14322.9%$41.5B
Dogecoin (DOGE)$0.25-18.3%$33.1B
Polkadot (DOT)$27.7-19.3%$30.7B
ChainLinkToken (LINK)$28.1-19.4%$28.1B
Uniswap (UNI)$24.2-16.2%$24.2B

Meanwhile, some currencies have shown much extraordinary performance in terms of their volatility during this period.

There are cryptos that have outperformed the market over the 24-hour period:

CryptoUSD24HCap
V-ID (VIDT)$1.1843.2%$0.06B
Solana (SOL)$14322.9%$41.5B
AmaCoin (AMA)$0.0612.8%$0B
Viberate (VIB)$0.077.7%$0.013B
Ontology gas (ONG)$0.76.9%$0.19B
Lunyr (LUN)$0.236.4%$0.0005B
UNUS SED LEO (LEO)$3.155.6%$3B
NOW Token (NOW)$0.064.6%$0.0048B
HEX (HEX)$0.413.6%$0.024B
Hydro (HYDRO)$0.0253.4%$0.0019B

At press time, here are 10 crypto coins far underperforming the market average:

CryptoUSD24HCap
Origin Protocol (OGN)$1.01-26.3%$1B
DENT (DENT)$0.005-25.2%$0.5B
Gifto (GTO)$0.043-24.4%$0.033B
Ontology (ONT)$1-24.1%$1B
Contentos (COS)$0.022-24.1%$0.08B
Digibyte (DGB)$0.06-23.8%$0.9B
Zilliqa (ZIL)$0.1-23.4%$1.5B
Celer (CELR)$0.044-22.8%$0.44B
Band Protocol (BAND)$8.39-22.6%$0.8B
Metal (MTL)$3.17-22.6%$0.21B

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