The price of the cryptocurrency was unable to gain a foothold above the important level of $12,000, after which it began to fall. Altcoinssuffered even more.
On the night of Wednesday, August 12, the average market rate of bitcoin fell to the level of $11,200.At the moment, it costs $11,325, and has fallen by 4% in the past 24 hours.The price of the asset began to decline after yesterday it again failed to overcome the level of $12,000.
The largest capitalized altcoins are also in the "red zone."Ethereum cost in the last 24 hours fell by 5%, to $372, XRP fell by 8%, to $0.276.Band Protocol has suffered the most in the past 24 hours, losing 15% of thePrices.
The total value of the digital money market over the past24 hours decreased by $ 15 billion, to $ 345 billion. At the same time, cryptocurrency trading volumes increased by $ 12 billion and reached $ 110 billion. The share of bitcoin in the industry dropped to 60.6% with a total number of coins of 6423, according to Coinmarketcap.
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