Crypto Price Today Live Updates: Shiba Inu, Dogecoin zoom up to 21%; Bitcoin holds $20,000

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Bitcoin dipped marginally but sustained above $20,000, whereas Ethereum was also under some pressure. Market experts see the volatility in the crypto market to continue in the near term. The top tokens in the crypto cart were trading mixed on Wednesday. Memecoins like Shiba Inu rose over 21 per cent, whereas Dogecoin surged 8 per cent. Cardano and Polkadot plunged close to 4 per cent each.

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The global cryptocurrency market cap was trading around the $900 billion mark, dropping marginally by less than a per cent in the last 24 hours. However, the total cryptocurrency trading volume plunged merely over a per cent to $70.75 billion.What's cooking in IndiaJob postings for cryptocurrency, blockchain and NFTs have grown 804 per cent between April 2020 to April 2022, according to a report by a global job portal. It also revealed an acceleration in the market's demand. In 2022, the increase was 315 per cent. The Covid-19 pandemic has fast-tracked the adoption of technology across functions in India, technology professionals are more in demand than ever before, especially with expertise in newer areas like cryptocurrency, NFTs and blockchain, the report showed.Expert takeMost of the crypto assets were trading in the green but the current rally may not bring the bulls back into the market due to recession fears looming over financial markets, said Tarusha Mittal, COO and Cofounder, Unifarm. «Investor interest in tech stocks and tech-based crypto assets has withered away as the macroeconomic conditions remain unfavorable. The hawkish stance taken by Fed will keep the