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Crypto prices dipped on Tuesday, following a national holiday in the US, and showed few signs of reversing any time soon. Barring Cardano, all other altcoins fell in tandem with the numero uno digital token.Bitcoin was holding above the $42,000 mark whereas Ethereum slipped below $3,200 levels. The trading volumes remained tepid during the early trade. Trading was light as investors looked for signs that Bitcoin's downward spiral has reached an endpoint. Barring Cardano and dollar-pegged Tether, all other eight out of top-10 digital tokens were trading lower during the early trade on Tuesday. Cardano zoomed over 7 per cent although Terra tanked over 10 per cent.

Bitcoin for purchases, according to BitPay Inc., one of the biggest crypto payments processors in the world. Last year, Bitcoin’s use at merchants that use BitPay dropped to about 65% of processed payments, down from 92% in 2020, the company told Bloomberg. Ether purchases accounted for 15% of the total, stablecoins were 13% and new coins added to BitPay in 2021 — Dogecoin, Shiba Inu and Litecoin — accounted for 3%. The alternative coins’ use surged partly as more businesses have begun using stablecoins for cross-border payments. Consumers also tend to move to stablecoins — whose value is supposed to stay steady — when crypto prices drop, and they’ve been falling since early November. Coins like Doge also made a splash last year, thanks to fans like Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk, who on Friday said the token can be used to buy the company’s merchandise.

Barring Solana and Polkadot, all other eight out of the top-10 digital tokens were trading with a positive bias during the early trade on Monday. Cardano, meanwhile, zoomed over 12 per cent to become the fifth largest token by market cap. The global crypto market cap was largely unchanged at $2.07 trillion compared to the last day. However, the total crypto market volume increased by 5 per cent to $64.30 billion.

Bitcoin rose to about $51,000 and touched the highest level in more than two weeks, buoyed by wider positive sentiment in financial markets. The largest cryptocurrency has advanced some 4% over the past two days and at one point reached $51,524 on Friday in Asian trading.

Barring Avalanche, all other nine out of 10 digital tokens were trading higher at 9.30 am IST. Terra zoomed 15 per cent, whereas Cardano rallied 10 per cent. Bitcoin rose 6 per cent on Friday. The global crypto market cap jumped about 5 per cent to $2.38 trillion mark compared to the last day. However, the total crypto market volume rallied over 14 per cent to $102.59 billion.

Barring the dollar-pegged Tether, all other nine out of the top 10 digital tokens were trading higher at 8.30 am IST. Avalanche zoomed 13 per cent, whereas Terra and XRP soared 11 per cent each. Bitcoin, the numero uno digital token, inched towards the $50,000 mark once again, whereas its peer behemoth Ethereum was holding above $4,000 levels.

Barring XRP and Solana, eight out of the top 10 digital tokens were trading higher at 9.30 am IST. Avalanche zoomed 9 per cent, whereas Terra and Bitcoin added up to 4 per cent each. Bitcoin, the numero uno digital token, crossed the $47,000 mark once again, whereas its peer behemoth Ethereum raced past $4,000 levels after more than a week.

cryptocurrency market extended its losses on Tuesday ahead of the much-awaited US Fed meeting as investors sought signals for tapering and rate hikes. As many as six out of the top 10 digital tokens were trading lower at 9.30 IST.

Barring the dollar-pegged stablecoins and XRP, seven out of the top 10 digital tokens were trading lower at 9.30 IST. Terra tanked over 9 per cent while Ethereum and Solana shed over per cent each. The global crypto market-cap declined about 4 per cent to $2.27 trillion mark compared to the last day. However, the total crypto market volume gained over 2 per cent to $104.65 billion.

Bitcoin hit the $50,000 mark as concerns over the Omicron variant eased across the globe and investors lapped up riskier assets. Barring the dollar pegged USD Coin, all other nine out of the top 10 digital tokens were trading higher at 9.30 IST.

Barring the XRP, all nine out of the top 10 digital tokens were trading higher at 9.30 IST. Cardano led the gainers, with a 9 per cent rally. Bitcoin and Ethereum also logged handsome gains. The global cryptos' market cap inched up marginally to hover around $2.6 trillion mark compared to the last day. However, the total crypto market volume fell over 9 per cent to $114.04 billion.

By Vildana HajricBitcoin is staging a comeback along with other riskier assets on Monday, bouncing back from its Black-Friday lows. The largest digital asset rose as much as 3.4% during the session to trade around $58,266. Other coins also posted snap-backs, with the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index adding 5.5% at one point. So-called alternative coins like Polkadot and Dogecoin gained too.

Bitcoin rose to a two-and-a-half-week peak on Monday and ether climbed to a fresh record as cryptocurrencies ride higher on a wave of momentum, flows, favourable news and inflation fears. Bitcoin was last up about 3% at $65,121 and ether, which underpins the ethereum network, sat at a record top of $4,711.

Bitcoin and ether made record peaks in Asia trade on Tuesday as enthusiasm for cryptocurrency adoption and fears about inflation lent support to the asset class. Bitcoin rose as high as $67,803 and ether, the second-biggest cryptocurrency by market value, hit $4,825 in early Asian hours. Both have more than doubled since June and added nearly 70% against the dollar since the start of October.

Total cryptocurrency market capitalisation was just below $3 trillion at $2.92 trillion.

Bitcoin fell on Wednesday to its lowest level in 1-1/2 weeks, taking losses since hitting a record high last week to around 12% — though the digital currency is still on track for its best month since February. Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, fell as much as 3.7% to $58,100, its lowest since Oct.

Shiba Inu which is now the seventh largest cryptocurrency on the basis of market cap. Barring Shiba Inu and dollar-pegged stablecoins, seven out of the top 10 cryptocurrencies were trading lower at 9.30 hours IST.