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Bitcoin has been holding the psychological $4K mark for two days, while some of the other top currencies see mild losses
Tuesday, Jan. 8 â crypto markets are seeing mixed signals, according to data from Coin360, after a day mostly in the green. Bitcoin (BTC) still remains above current psychological barrier of $4,000, while some of the other major cryptocurrencies see mild losses.
Market visualization from Coin360
Bitcoin has not dipped below the $4,000 mark for almost two days now, reaching up to $4,109 today. As of press-time, the leading coin is trading at about $4,050.
Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap Bitcoin Price Index
Ethereum (ETH) still occupies the leading position among the altcoins, losing around 1 percent on the day and trading around $151 by press time. As CoinMarketCap data shows, the coinâs price has sloped downwards since the middle of the week.
Ethereum 7-day price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap Ethereum Price Index
Ripple (XRP), the second largest altcoin, is also seeing a slight decrease in price of around 1 percent on the day, trading at $0.36 as of press time. The coinâs market capitalization is at $14.8 billion â almost a billion less than Ethereumâs, at $15.7 billion by press time.
Ripple 7-day price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap Ripple Price Index
The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is now at around $136.4 billion, after reaching an intra-week high point of $138.7 billion earlier today.
7-day total market capitalization chart. Source: CoinMarketCap
While the crypto industry keeps discussing an alleged double-spend incident on Ethereum Classic (ETC) network that might involve over $1.1 million, the coin is seeing mild losses on the day today. As of press time, the coin is hovering around $4.9, losing around 1.7 percent throughout the day.
As for other top 20 altcoins, TRON (TRX), Binance Coin (BNB) and NEO (NEO) have seen the most visible gains, up 8-11 percent on the day.
As Cointelegraph reported yesterday, a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), Ardo Hansson, called cryptocurrencies âa fairy-tale storyâ and claimed that âthe bubble has already started to collapse.â
Today, further criticism of Bitcoin was made by Israeli economics âtsarâ Avi Simhon, the head of the National Economic Council and senior economic policy advisor to the countryâs prime minister. The official said that the coin is intrinsically inefficient, predicting that it will therefore disappear.
Meanwhile, Australia has imposed a travel ban and frozen the funds of John Bigatton, a promoter of reported $2.6 billion Ponzi scheme Bitconnect. His wife Madeline Bigatton, who is listed as a director and shareholder of Bitconnect International Plc and the only representative of Bitconnect Australia, has been missing since March.
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