Highlights
- For last few days, Ethereum is experiencing a decline in its prices and is trading in red.
- The broad sell-off in the crypto market could be attributed to the potential Chinese housing bubble crisis.
- Some other major cryptocurrencies too witnessed a fall in their prices.
On 21 September, at the time of writing, Ethereum was trading at US$3,019.56, down by 8.40%% in the last 24 hours, and has declined by 8.48% over the past one week.
As a result, its market cap was pushed to over US$354 billion.
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What triggered Ethereum’s slump
The crypto market, which looked healthy and had been exuding confidence of late with El Salvador becoming the first country to accept Bitcoin as a legal tender, has suddenly become unenergetic with major coins losing their market share.
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The drop in prices can be seen mainly on account of market volatility generally associated with cryptocurrencies.
Moreover, the broad sell-off in the digital currency market is driven by anxiousness related to a potential housing bubble crisis looming in China.
Why is Ethereum’s price declining in crypto market?
It is pointed out that Evergrande, the Chinese property developer, is facing a major liquidity crisis, with obligations amounting to hundreds of billions to its creditors.
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Other cryptos witnessing a fall in their prices
As mentioned earlier, prices of Ethereum dropped considerably in the past 24 hours as witnessed on Tuesday morning. Elsewhere in the crypto market, some major crypto tokens too witnessed a slump.
Some of the cryptos which are trading in red, at the time of writing on 21 September:
Bitcoin- US$42,927.07 with a drop of 6.04% over the last 24 hours.
Cardano- US$2.13 with a dip of 2.12% in the last 24 hours.
Binance Coin- US$367.11, with a fall of 6.87% in the last 24 hours.
XRP- US$0.9473, with a decline of 4.61% in the last 24 hours.
Solana- US$138.04, with a drop of 5.20% in the last 24 hours.
Polkadot- US$29.13, with a slump of 8.81% in the last 24 hours.
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Bottom Line
Crypto markets are marked with volatility and sudden price changes. As long as there is no significant decline, minor price changes in digital currencies can be overlooked. However, crypto investors must invest wisely and cautiously considering their risk appetite.
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