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$100 billion wiped in crypto market amid profit taking

Olumide Adesina by Olumide Adesina
January 11, 2021
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$100 billion wiped in crypto market amid profit taking
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The crypto market has shed much of the weekend’s stellar gains, as significant selling pressure from crypto sellers pushed the value of cryptocurrencies lower across the market spectrum amid profit-taking.

What you should know

At the time of drafting this report, about $100 billion in value was virtually wiped out, taking into account the flagship crypto, Bitcoin, the dominant player in the crypto market, lost as much as $5,000, according to data retrieved from Coin360.

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  • The global crypto market value now stands at about $1.00 trillion, a 10% decrease over the last day.
  • The total crypto market volume for the day is $183.25 billion, which makes a 23.97% increase.
  • The total volume in DeFi is currently $11.4billion – 6.40% of the total crypto market daily volume.
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  • Bitcoin’s price is currently $36,000.
  • Bitcoin’s dominance is currently 67.36%.

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Other leading crypto assets that include Ethereum, Cardano, Litcoin, Chainlink, Polkadot, and Stellar lost more than 11% in value.

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Crypto experts interviewed by Nairametrics are saying that a market correction was long overdue after the overextended bullish move. The bearish trend prevailing at the bitcoin market is largely attributed to a significant amount of profit-taking in play, on the account that Bitcoin’s realized profits are at record highs.


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Olumide Adesina is a financial market writer, analyst and investment trader. Message Olumide on Twitter @Olumidecapital

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Comments 2

  1. Joseph says:
    January 11, 2021 at 7:37 am

    A typographical mistake is in the article. Btc price at the point of publishing this article should have been $36000 not $3,600.

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  2. CR says:
    January 11, 2021 at 11:53 am

    It’s not a bubble it’s a lifestyle

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