Bitcoin at $38,733 as crypto’s losing streak continues

The cryptocurrency market continued its losing streak on Sunday, with market capitalisation shedding 0.5 percent to reach $1.83 trillion.

As of 1425 hours GMT, the largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin’s (BTC) price fell by 0.93 percent to reach $38,733. With this decrease in price, the market capitalisation of the biggest crypto has reached $733 billion. Bitcoin has shed 0.6 percent during the last seven days. Ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, went down by 0.86 percent to reach $2,626. With this decrease in price, the market capitalisation of ETH has reached $308 billion. Ether has shed 5.4 percent of its value over the last seven days.

Similar was the case with XRP whose price dipped 3.24 percent to $0.736. The market capitalisation of XRP stands at $73.5 billion with this decrease. XRP has shed 1.8 percent during the last seven days.

On the other hand, Cardano (ADA) price slipped 2.58 percent to reach $0.839. Its market capitalisation has reached $27.7 billion with this decrease. ADA shed 5 percent in the past seven days. Dogecoin (DOGE) price shed 0.73 percent to reach $0.123. With this decrease in price, the market capitalisation of DOGE has reached $16.3 billion. DOGE has lost 3.2 percent during the last seven days.

The growing tension in Eastern Europe has plagued the market and investors lapped up digital tokens at decent prices. However, the ongoing saga may sadden the global economy by fuelling inflation to rise further as the commodities are commanding unprecedented premiums.