The crypto market cap fell 2% on Tuesday as fears of an impending U.S. government shutdown continued to rattle investors.

The crypto market remained shaky on Tuesday amid fears of a partial U.S. government shutdown slated to begin later this week.

Expectations of further delays in a key crypto market structure bill and a lack of stable demand for ETFs have also impacted retail sentiment.

Bitcoin

btc

-1.44%

Bitcoin, the world’s largest crypto asset, saw-sawed between the $68,400 to $71,000 range before settling at $69,400 at press time, down 2.4% over the day.

Ethereum

eth

-1.95%

Ethereum was down 1.2%, hovering just over the $2,000 mark while extending its weekly losses to 12%. XRP

xrp

0.91%

XRP remained neutral at $1.44 while BNB

bnb

1.27%

BNB, Solana

sol

-0.03%

Solana, and Dogecoin

doge

-0.53%

Dogecoin were down by 1% each. These losses together led the market to fall by 2% to $2.44 trillion at the time of writing.

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BTC
BTCUSDT
69,183
-2.39%

ETH
ETHUSDT
2,022
-5.05%

SOL
SOLUSDT
83.39
-5.13%