Cryptocurrency Prices Today April 12: Bitcoin down, Dogecoin slides nearly 9.56%

moneycontrol.com:

The total cryptocurrency market volume over the last 24 hours is $101.87 billion, which makes a 59.25 percent increase. The total volume in DeFi is currently $13.01B, 12.77 percent of the total crypto market 24-hour volume.

The volume of all stable coins is now $85.90 billion, which is 84.32 percent of the total crypto market 24-hour volume.

Bitcoin's price is currently $39,555.92. Bitcoin’s dominance is currently 41.08 percent, a decrease of 0.05 percent over the day, as per the CoinMarketCap data.

All the major cryptos slumped, Bitcoin declined over 6.26 percent, while Ethereum was down over 6.82 percent.

Dogecoin slid nearly 9.56 percent, Avalanche declined 5.67 percent.

Since peaking at just above $48,000 in late March, Bitcoin -- and other tokens -- have been dragged lower by concerns about tighter monetary policy. Even the buzz around last week’s Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami wasn’t enough to reverse the trend.

Also, the official Twitter account of the University Grants Commission (UGC) India was hacked on Sunday, apparently by scammers claiming to be affiliated with the Azuki NFT project.

Meanwhile, the CBI on Sunday had refuted reports that a team of the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was in India to probe the alleged bitcoin case being investigated by the Karnataka Police, and termed the statements "speculative" and "without any basis".

In a statement, the central agency said the FBI has not sent any team to India to conduct a probe in the matter nor has any request been made by the US probe agency to the CBI for conducting an investigation in this case.

"Accordingly, the question of any permission for the probe by the Competent Authority in India does not arise. CBI as the National Central Bureau for