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Quick Take
  • It fell 5.8% over the past 24 hours, below $3 trillion, now standing at $2.89 trillion.
  • Significantly, 97 of the top 100 coins saw their prices decrease in this period.
  • The total crypto trading volume stands at $207 billion, notably higher than in the previous days.
  • On Friday morning (UTC), all top 10 coins per market capitalisation have seen their prices decrease.

What Happened

A Source of Frustration for Crypto Investors

Therefore, BTC’s underperformance compared to precious metals, gold especially, “is a source of frustration for crypto investors.”

The macro backdrop seems supportive, with falling interest rates and rising geopolitical uncertainty. This should, investors expect, be beneficial to crypto as a hedge against currency debasement and political instability.

Market Context

The crypto market is down today. It fell 5.8% over the past 24 hours, below $3 trillion, now standing at $2.89 trillion. Significantly, 97 of the top 100 coins saw their prices decrease in this period. The total crypto trading volume stands at $207 billion, notably higher than in the previous days.

On Friday morning (UTC), all top 10 coins per market capitalisation have seen their prices decrease.

Bitcoin (BTC) fell by 6.5%, currently trading at $82,389.

Binance Coin (BNB) is next, with a 6.9%, now trading at $840.

Furthermore, of the top 100 coins per market cap, 97 have posted price decreases today.

It’s followed by Worldcoin (WLD)’s and Hyperliquid (HYPE)’s 10.9% each to the prices of $0.458 and $29.23, respectively.

River (RIVER) is next, having dropped 7.3% to the price of $50.56.

Meanwhile, former BitMEX chief executive Arthur Hayes argued that Bitcoin’s recent pullback is connected to a $300 billion contraction in U.S. dollar liquidity rather than crypto-specific factors.

“$BTC falling not a surprise given the fall in $ liquidity,” Hayes wrote, linking this decrease to macro forces instead of sentiment shifts within the crypto market itself.

Kraken’s Global Economist Thomas Perfumo commented that global liquidity remains constrained, and this has capped crypto performance.

“Yet despite rate cuts, global liquidity, the factor with the greatest influence on crypto market performance remains tight, underscoring that interest rates are only one component of overall liquidity conditions. By contrast, gold historically benefits from a weakening U.S. dollar.”

Another notable thing is a cultural shift we’re currently seeing. “As Bitcoin has matured into an institutional asset, the volatility that once attracted retail participants has diminished,” Perfumo writes.

Why It Matters

However, he warns that “this transition is not permanent.” Rather, its impact on BTC’s narrative “appears to be a matter of patience.”

Details

Crypto Winners & Losers

Ethereum (ETH) is down 7.9%, changing hands at $2,721. This is the highest drop in the category.

The second-highest fall is 7.7% by Lido Staked Ether (STETH), currently standing at $2,727.

The smallest decrease among the top 10 is 1.4% by Tron (TRX), changing hands at $0.2897.

Of these, five saw double decreases. Mantle (MNT) is at the top with a 11.7% rise to $0.792.

Pump-fun (PUMP) fell the most, with the only double-digit drop of 10% to $0.003001.

On the green side, we find Canton (CC), Figure Heloc (FIGR_HELOC), and LEO Token (LEO).

These are up 8.9%, 1.3%, and 0.3% to $0.1754, $1.04, and $9.22, respectively.