Crypto Markets See More Slump After Short Recovery Attempt, Bitcoin Holds Gains

After a fleeting recuperation endeavor yesterday, the crypto markets have seen another droop today, with Bitcoin being a striking exemption.

Saturday, Aug. 11: after short-lived recovery attempt, cryptocurrencies have suffered another slump today. Almost all cryptocurrencies are down by significant percentages, with Bitcoin (BTC) being a notable exception among the top 20 market cap, up under one percent on the day.

Bitcoin is trading sideways, up by about 0.1 percent over the past 24 hours. The cryptocurrency is at the $6,438 price mark as of press time, following a dip to as low as $6,051 earlier today.

After surging to about $8,230 on July 25, BTC is down 8.5 percent on the week. However, the coin is still up 1 percent over the past 30 days.

Subsequent to losing the $400 bolster this Monday, Ethereum (ETH) has dove to as low as $306 today. It is presently exchanging at $327, with its value 8 percent down finished the 24 hour time frame.

Uncommonly, the coin has encountered the heaviest misfortunes among top ten coins by advertise top on the day. Ethereum has lost 25 percent of its incentive in the course of recent days, and in excess of 50 percent in the course of recent months.

Among the top 20 altcoins by market cap, EOS and IOTA (MIOTA) have seen the largest losses over the past 7 days, according to Coinmarketcap. At press time, EOS is trading at $5.23, having lost around 25 percent of value over the past week, while IOTA is down 36 percent on the week, and is trading at $0.54.

Total market capitalization has dipped to as low as $206 billion today, but the markets have managed to retrace some of those losses, bringing the number to $216 billion as of press time. While the total market cap has dipped to levels not seen since mid-November last year, the number of all digital currencies has recently surpassed 1,800, according to Coinmarketcap.

Earlier this week, Fundstrat’s head of research Tom Lee cited Bitcoin’s dominance as one of the most important factors of how the market is “reacting to what’s been taking place” in the industry.

On Wednesday, Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead claimed that crypto markets are reflecting some overreaction from the investors. According to Morehead, many have exaggerated the importance of the recent postponement of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision on a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) application by companies VanEck and SolidX.

In addition to recommending investors to focus on the Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) announcement of its own crypto platform, Morehead pointed out that Bitcoin is still up about 82 percent on the year, noting that "it's all perspective."