Crypto Price Today Live: Bitcoin below $23,700; Shiba Inu, BNB slip over 4%

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

cryptocurrency markets were trading in the red on Friday with a loss of over 3% in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 4.1% to $23,695, whereas Ethereum (ETH) was just above the $1,650 level. BTC volume in the last 24 hours stood at approximately $38.98 billion, rising 6.82% in the last 24 hours. «After briefly hitting the six-month high of US$25,000 on Thursday, the price of Bitcoin dropped to US$23,800 due to the unexpected increase in the Producer Price Index (PPI). Despite this setback, BTC has still increased by 73% from its lowest point a month ago. The PPI news might have made investors apprehensive about inflation and monetary policies,» Edul Patel, Co-founder and CEO at Mudrex said. Other top crypto tokens were also trading lower on Friday. Shiba Inu declined by over 6%. BNB, XRP, Cardano and Dogecoin were also trading with cuts. The global cryptocurrency market cap was trading lower around $1.08 trillion, falling 3.13% in the last 24 hours. The total volume in DeFi is currently $7.93 billion, 9.84% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume. The volume of all stablecoins is now $74.32 billion, which is 92.22% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume.

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The market cap of Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, was around $457 billion, with a dominance of about 42.24%, a decrease of 0.42% over the day, according to CoinMarketCap. «The crypto market is moving towards a more mature phase