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Bitcoin Falls to $65,000, Ethereum Sinks 5% in Bear Market
Cryptocurrency prices rode a bearish wave today as Bitcoin (BTC) slipped to the $65,000 mark, while Ethereum (ETH) showed signs of a pullback. Altcoins Solana (SOL) and others mostly follow, with meme coins Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) seeing declines of 9%-13%. However, XRP traded in the green, defying broader market trends.
The global cryptocurrency market capitalization saw a significant decline of 3.14% to $2.35 trillion, even as the total cryptocurrency market volume since yesterday increased by 104.01% to $94.07 billion . This follows huge outflows seen in the cryptocurrency sector, triggered by the The recent aggressive stance of the US Fed
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Here is a collection of some of the major cryptocurrencies and their price movements today, June 18th.
The best cryptocurrency prices today
Bitcoin price
THE BTC price The chart illustrated a faded move today, diving to $65,374.98, down 1.39% from the previous day. The token’s 24-hour lows and highs are $64,597.25 and $67,252.08, respectively.
Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 54.87%, up 0.93% from the previous day. The token boasted a small market capitalization of $1.29 trillion.
Ethereum price
ETH price has traded mostly in the red over the past 24 hours, falling 4.39% to $3,428.45. The token’s 24-hour lows and highs are $3,371.59 and $3,591.67, respectively.
Ethereum boasted a market capitalization of $419.50 billion.
Solana price
Price SOL it has corrected by 9.25% over the past day, settling at $134.26 at the time of writing. Solana’s 24-hour dips and peaks are at $130.16 and $148.95.
XRP Price
However, the Ripple Labs-backed cryptocurrency posted slight gains of 0.33% over the past day to $0.4893. XRP The 24-hour lows and highs are $0.4808 and $0.5194, respectively.
DOGE AND SHIB prices
Additionally, the meme coin sector has mimicked the broader market’s crash movement. Dogecoin (DOGE) fell 9.74% from yesterday to $0.122, while Shiba Inu (SHIB) fell 12.12% to $0.00001802. Additionally, Pepe coin (PEPE) fell 11.84% to $0.00001055.
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Top cryptocurrency gains today
The only major gainer for today was XRP, according to data from CoinMarketCap, with its price action eased above.
Top cryptocurrency losers today
zkSync (ZK) the price fell 30.23% to $0.2002.
Fantom (FTM) the price fell 20.69% to $0.5013.
Ethena (ENA) the price fell 18.89% to $0.6021.
Starknet (STRK) the price fell 17.82% to $0.7444.
Meanwhile, it is also worth mentioning that BTC and ETH have noted gains on their hourly charts, underlining a struggle to gain upside momentum. Likewise, altcoins SOL, XRP, DOGE and others followed.
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