Solana is among the poorest performers from the top 10 alts, dropping by over 6% daily.
After several days of trading sideways, bitcoin finally experienced some volatility that drove it south by roughly a grand.
Most altcoins have also turned red. Binance Coin is among the very few exceptions, as the asset has jumped to above $330.
BTC Slumps by $1K
Massive volatility came on Wednesday and Thursday last week when the primary cryptocurrency exploded from $27,000 to $30,000 before it returned to the former hours later on fake news. However, as First Republic’s problems worsened and the fake reports were refuted, BTC went on the offensive once again and neared $30,000.
The landscape changed late Sunday when the asset pumped toward $30,000 once more, but the subsequent rejection drove it south hard. In a matter of hours, BTC slumped by almost two grand and fell to $28,300 (on Bitstamp).
As of now, it stands a few hundred dollars above that level, but it’s still 2.3% down on the day and sits under $29,000. Its market cap has declined to $550 billion, and its dominance over the alts has retraced slightly to 46.9% on CMC.
BNB Defies the Market
As it typically happens when there’s more volatility with BTC, the altcoins feel it too. Ethereum also stood calmly in the past few days at $1,900, but a 3.3% daily drop has pushed it to $1,850 as of now.
Ripple, Cardano, Dogecoin, Polygon, Polkadot, Litecoin, Shiba Inu, and Avalanche have all declined by similar percentages. Binance Coin has managed to defy the overall sentiment. BNB has jumped by almost 4% in a day and stands well above $330.
Speaking of the total crypto market cap, it lost roughly $30 billion daily and has slumped to well below $1.2 trillion.