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Crypto market overview: Market records double-digit losses as bears celebrate a triumphant Thursday

  • BTC/USD lost a little over $3,000 in 24 hours.
  • Multiple factors combined to make the crypto market go on a downward plunge.

This Thursday has turned out to be a historically bearish day for the crypto market. Three factors combined to make the market go on a downward spiral:

  • The Coinbase outage.
  • The $4.5 million hack of Singapore-based Bitrue.
  • One of India’s biggest exchange, Koinex, shutting down triggering massive sell-offs.

Let’s take a closer look at how the top three did and then reveal the biggest winners and losers of the day, among the top 20 coins.

Top three coins

  • Bitcoin (BTC): BTC/USD lost nearly $3,000 in 24 hours and is currently trading for $10,940. Despite the losses, BTC/USD is still going to end up with a profitable month.
  • Ethereum (ETH): After reaching a high of $342, ETH/USD bears stepped in and brought the market down to $297, breaking past the $300 support line in the process.
  • Ripple (XRP): XRP/USD has gone down from $0.461 to $0.408 this Thursday. This is the third consecutive bearish day in a row.

Biggest winners and losers (top 20 coins)

  • Ethereum Classic (ETC) went down by 15.8% and is priced at $7.62.
  • Bitcoin (BTC) has gone down by 14.53% and is priced at $10,828.
  • Cosmos (ATOM) has gone down by 13.57% and is priced at $5.50.
     

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