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Today’s edition of OKEx Insights’ Crypto Market Daily covers Bitcoin, Ethereum, altcoins and DeFi.
Monday was another risk-off day in the global markets as virtually everything declined — except for the U.S. dollar. The S&P 500 Index dropped 1.16% and recorded its fourth straight day of losses for the first time since February. Gold futures closed with a drop of nearly 3%, suggesting that gold is no longer providing a haven for investors. Instead, a strengthening U.S. dollar is putting pressure on the commodity futures market and causing gold prices to give back their gains. Factors influencing this downturn in the markets included uncertainty over a worsening pandemic that could lead to renewed lockdowns, as well as ongoing debates over fiscal stimulus.
BTC, which has recently been correlated to equities, was not spared — plunging 4.75% overnight. The market-leading cryptocurrency broke below the key short-term support at $10,600, which significantly undermines its short-term bullish trend.
All of the major altcoins, except for OKB, have underperformed against BTC in the last 24 hours. Polkadot ( DOT) dropped the most out of the top 10 altcoins and is down more than 14%. DOT has fallen from $6.40 at the beginning of the month to below $4.00.
The price of Ether ( ETH) plunged 8.34%. Other major altcoins saw declines from 5% to 8%.
The decentralized finance sector continued its weak weekend run and is searching for support to the downside. Yearn.finance ( YFI) is down 50% from its September high of $44,000. Uniswap ( UNI) is back below $4 after three consecutive trading days of declines — having peaked at $8.80 last Friday.
The total cryptocurrency market capitalization suffered a plunge of 6.3% to $330 billion, as per data from CoinGecko. Meanwhile, BTC dominance jumped to 57.9%.
Top altcoin gainers and losers
- MOF/USDT +24.78%
- CNTM/USDT +17.90%
- APM/USDT +17.19%
- TAI/USDT -24.52%
- WING/USDT -27.35%
- RIO/USDT -32.66%
There are still some small altcoins that are independently trending. Molecular Future ( MOF) is up 24.78% overnight and has provided a 20% return over the past seven days. Connectome ( CNTM) and apM Coin ( APM) are also up 17.90% and 17.19%, respectively.
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