Wednesday, April 24 — after new highs for 2019 yesterday, markets have again reversed to red, with virtually all of the top 100 coins by market cap seeing major losses on the day, according to data from .
A former entrant of the top 20 coins by , ontology () is seeing the biggest losses over the past 24 hours at press time among the top 30, down more than 11%. Basic attention (), which has recently overtaken ontology to enter the top 20, has surged 6%, also up around over the past 7 days.
Market visualization from
After briefly reaching above the long-anticipated threshold of $5,600, () has now retreated to below $5,500. The biggest is down 1.9% over the past 24 hours at press time, at $5,490, and still up around 4.9% over the past 7 days. hit a new 2019 record at an intraday high of $5,641, while the intraday low amounted to $5,447, according to .
’s dominance on crypto markets has to surge, up from 53.5% in the beginning of the day to the current 54.7%, which is a new market share record for since December 2018. Earlier on the day, ’s market cap has almost touched $100 billion for the first time since mid-November 2018.
24-hour price and market cap chart. Source:
Ether (), the second-top by market cap, tumbled 5.5% to $164.9, also seeing a drop of around 0.9% over the past 7 days.
Ether 7-day price chart. Source:
, the third-top by market cap, is down 7.3% and at $0.301 at press time, also down 8.8% over the past 7 days.
XRP 7-day price chart. Source:
The total amounts to $177 billion at press time, down from yesterday’s high of $185 billion. Meanwhile, the daily trade volume has risen significantly to around $55 billion from yesterday’s average of $49 billion.
Total market capitalization 7-day chart. Source:
Earlier today, electronics giant was to be developing an ETH-based along with its own , allegedly dubbed the Samsung Coin.
Yesterday, development firm Lightning Labs officially the release of the first alpha version of its Lightning Network () client for the main network.
Also yesterday, Cointelegraph that crypto payments processing startup Moon launched a web browser extension that allows e-commerce shoppers to use their LN wallets for purchases on websites like .
While the crypto markets have slipped today, the market hit new highs over the day, while the () Composite rose 0.2% to hit an intraday high. Yesterday, Cointelegraph that Nasdaq was allegedly testing of a -based product. At press time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average () and S&P 500 () are up 0.05% and 0.01%, respectively.
prices hovered around six-months highs after the reportedly rising United States’ crude stockpiles countered fears of a tight supply resulting from OPEC output cuts and U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Iran. Over 24 hours to press time, the OPEC basket is up around 1.3%, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil and Brent crude tumbled to 0.8% and 0.4% respectively, according to .
Meanwhile, prices rose from the previous session’s four-month low, as a U.S. dollar rally relented and equities softened today, reports. Spot gold is up about 0.4% to $1,277 per ounce at press time, while U.S. gold futures gained around 0.6% to 1,280 per ounce.
Published at Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:27:31 +0000