Crypto markets have seen a sharp decline today, September 18, with Bitcoin (BTC) down $200 and market cap dropping as low as $192 billion within a few hours. As of press time, 93 out of 100 top cryptocurrencies by market capitalization are in the red, while losses among the top 20 coins reach over 10 percent, according to CoinMarketCap.Bitcoin (BTC) is down around 3.5 percent over the past 24 hours, having did not hold the $6,500 support, with its price dropping by almost $200 within five hours. At press time, the major cryptocurrency is trading at $6,283.
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Ethereum (ETH) has suffered the most losses among the top 10 coins by market cap, down almost 11 percent over the 24 hour period, dipping below the $200 price point within an hour. The top altcoin is trading at $197 as of press time, losing its weekly gains, down around 0.6 percent over the past 7 days.
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Bitcoin's control as a percentage of market capitalization has seen a rise from 55.5 percent to 56.4 at press time
Among altcoins, EOS and VeChain (VET) have seen some of the biggest losses over the past 24 hours, down 10.29 and 10.47 percent. The fifth top cryptocurrency by market cap, EOS is now trading at $4.88, VET, the last in the top 20 coins list, is trading at $0.0127.
(not very long ago), senior Dubai police official Lt. General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim suggested that digital types of money will "soon" replace cash, claiming that the only (thing that blocks or stops) to the mainstream adoption of the industry are lack of public (knowing about something) as well as crime prevention policies.
With that, Ripple's head of legal/law-based relations for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East stated today that crypto valuable things and blockchain technology are now being talked about in a more (interested in the whole or the completeness of something) manner by worldwide policymakers.
