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Cryptocurrency Markets Lost $18 Billion Overnight (yahoo.com)

An anonymous reader quotes CryptoCoinsNews: Over the past 24 hours, the crypto market has recorded a loss of $18 billion, as major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ether, EOS, and Bitcoin Cash dropped by 4 to 13 percent. While Bitcoin ended the day with a 4 percent decline in its value, Ether, the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum, plummeted by 13 percent against the US dollar, becoming one of the worst performing major cryptocurrencies alongside NEO. Tokens recorded the steepest drop in their value on August 11, as most Ethereum-based tokens such as Theta Token, Aion, Pundi X, Aelf, DigixDAO, WanChain, and VeChain recorded a drop of around 14 to 18 percent

For the first time in 2018, Bitcoin, the most dominant cryptocurrency in the global market, has obtained 50 percent of the market share, securing its year-to-date (YTD) high on the dominance index. The sudden increase in the dominance index of Bitcoin which coincided with the spike in the volume of Tether have demonstrated that investors have become reluctant towards taking high-risk and high-return trades, mostly due to the lack of confidence in the short-term trend of the market. Over the past few weeks, tokens have lost over 50 percent of their value against Bitcoin, which has also fallen by more than 20 percent since late July.

"During this 13-day stretch, the total market cap for all cryptocurrencies has fallen $70 billion," reports MarketPlace, in an article headlined "Bitcoin looks 'very sick' and the pain is not over, says analyst."

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  1. Let's all buy Lambos with crypto by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Using the money I got from shorting TSLA.

  2. So? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How much have fiat money market losts? WAY MORE. This is a good thing for the Cryptocurreny, because it is much more stable than FIAT currency that fluctuates and this emphasizes how much better an investment cryptocurrency is. I know I'll be buying more and more every day because I make A LOT of tax free money already. Guaranteed.

    1. Re:So? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

      How much have fiat money market losts? WAY MORE. This is a good thing for the Cryptocurreny

      What the fuck are you talking about?

      I know I'll be buying more and more every day because I make A LOT of tax free money already. Guaranteed.

      reader poll: Is he joking? Serious? Are there really such people?

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  3. Excellent by fluffernutter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Excellent, I'm in the market for a good video card.

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