Top Cryptocurrency Prices Today: Bitcoin, Ether slip; Dogecoin tanks 13% – Economic Times

New Delhi: Major Cryptocurrencies slipped back into the red after a brief recovery as of 10.45 am (IST). Investors took some money off the table from recent gainers such as Dogecoin and Polkadot, which were down up to 13 per cent at that point.

Tesla boss Elon Musk tweeted late Thursday hinting at a breakup with bitcoin, spooking investor sentiment. Bitcoin and Ether slipped over 3 per cent, but recovered half of the losses later.Musk has been a major promoter of cryptocurrencies, but has of later turned critical of bitcoin because of its immense energy use.Despite speculative action in 'meme' equity counters, pushing them to new highs, the crytpo market is lagging behind. However, the performance of meme-based digital tokens, like Dogecoin, has improved, though the upside remains limited.

"The king pair of Bitcoin and Ethereum are slowly yet steadily moving out of their consolidation phase. It is a good sign for the markets as most of the other Altcoins tend to follow the price movements of bitcoin and Ether," Edul Patel, CEO and Co-founder, Mudrex. "The major decline came from Dogecoin, as it finally shed its steam after three days of a fierce uptrend. This correction in DOGE was imminent. The coming week is poised to be interesting for the cryptocurrency market," he said.

ZebPay Trade Desk's Tech ViewThis week the top 3 assets by market capitalization -- Bitcoin, Ethereum and BNB -- have seen a recovery. BTC has now started its journey upward, trading between $36,000 and $39,500. This week, the asset saw a rise of 10% and hit $39,000 level.

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Top Cryptocurrency Prices Today: Bitcoin, Ether slip; Dogecoin tanks 13% - Economic Times