Ethereum is close to $4,000 again, while Bitcoin struggles, ignoring positive developments. Cryptonews - The cryptocurrency market is showing bearish signals today, with most major sectors recording sharp losses. Market sentiment has generally declined after most cryptocurrencies dropped by between 2% and 6% over the past 24 hours. Ethereum (ETH) decreased by 4.79% to fall below $4,100, while Bitcoin (BTC) dropped by 2.69% to below $113,000.
The PayFi sector, which showed strength yesterday, sharply declined today by 5.65%, led by strong drops in XRP (-5.52%) and Telcoin (-7.17%). Other sectors such as CeFi, Layer1, Layer2, and DeFi also experienced significant declines, although some tokens like OKB (+5.76%) and Mantle (+5.51%) managed to break the downward trend.
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