Crypto Price Today: Bitcoin holds above $29,100; Shiba Inu, BNB rise up to 4%

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cryptocurrency markets were trading mixed in Friday's trade. Bitcoin, BNB, Tron, and Shiba Inu were trading with gains, while XRP, Litecoin, Cardano and Polkadot were trading with cuts. «The crypto market has experienced slight selling pressure in the last 24 hours. The crypto greed and fear index is up by 2 points and is currently in the neutral zone with a score of 54/100. The overall market, especially BTC, seems to be rather immune to many macro developments in its current state. The latest example is the rise of jobless claims and treasury rates, which usually triggers a risk-off sentiment amongst investors,» Parth Chaturvedi, Investments Lead at CoinSwitch Ventures, said. Bitcoin (BTC) rose 0.55% to $29,180, meanwhile, its largest peer, Ethereum, was also trading higher and stood above the $1,800 level. The total volume in DeFi is currently $2.41 billion, 8.31% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume. The volume of all stablecoins is now $27.03 billion, which is 93.14% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume.

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Meanwhile, the global cryptocurrency market cap was trading marginally higher, around $1.16 trillion, rising 0.08% in the last 24 hours. The market cap of Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, was around $567 billion. Bitcoin's dominance is currently 48.73%, an increase of 0.17% over the day, according to CoinMarketCap. BTC volume stood at approximately $12.44 billion, falling