{"id":234619,"date":"2024-01-23T22:52:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=234619"},"modified":"2024-01-23T22:52:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:22:06","slug":"crypto-assets-slide-to-new-2024-lows-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/crypto-assets-slide-to-new-2024-lows-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Assets Slide To New 2024 Lows &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Digital assets are tumbling, with the combined crypto cap losing 4.5% in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The combined crypto capitalization is down 16% from its local high of $1.81B on Jan. 12 \u2014 a milestone posted one day after the freshly launched spot Bitcoin ETFs\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/bitcoin-etfs-daily-trading-volume-crosses-usd5b\">began trading<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 to currently sit at $1.52B, according to CoinMarketCap.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption class=\"text-center text-xs\">Combined crypto capitalization over 12 months. Source: CoinMarketCap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Bitcoin (BTC) suffered outsized losses following the launch of the first spot Bitcoin ETFs two weeks ago \u2014 ranking\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/btc-underperforms-eth-and-altcoins-as-investors-sell-bitcoin-after-etf-approval\">99th<\/a>\u00a0among the top 100 crypto assets by market cap according to price performance one week later \u2014 BTC is now the 77th best-performing top 100 cryptocurrency of the past 24 hours, including stablecoins.<\/p>\n<p><!--$!--><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<p>BTC last changed hands for $38,630, its lowest level since Dec 1, after shedding 5% in 24 hours and 10% in seven days, according to CoinGecko.<\/p>\n<p>For comparison, ETH is down 8% on the daily chart and 14% in the past week. ETH last traded for $2,180, tagging its lowest level for January.<\/p>\n<p>However, assets within the Bitcoin ecosystem continue to post outsized losses. Bitcoin ordinals were the two worst-performing top 100 assets of the past 24 hours, with Ordi (ORDI) and Sats both shedding 17%. Stacks, an\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/developers-race-to-bring-evm-functionality-to-bitcoin\">EVM-compatible<\/a>\u00a0Bitcoin layer, also posted the 13th heaviest losses among leading assets with a 12% drawdown.<\/p>\n<p>Chiliz (CHZ) and Bittensor (TAO) were the lone cryptocurrencies to post a gain of more than 1%, rallying 2.3% and 4.4% for the past day respectively.<\/p>\n<p>DeFi assets are holding up better than the broader web3 sector, with the capitalization of DeFi tokens shedding 7.5% since tagging\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/categories\/decentralized-finance-defi\">$82B<\/a>\u00a0on Jan. 12. The sector\u2019s total value locked (TVL) currently sits at $55.7B \u2014 down from a 16-month high of $60.5B on Jan. 11, according to DeFi Llama.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"the-defiant\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"839\" height=\"521.7640047675804\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"mx-auto\" id='b' style='filter: url(%23b)' src=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F6oftkxoa%2Fproduction%2Fec4ff6a489fe222565215d1ef0b68a33a7de272c-839x456.png&amp;w=828&amp;q=100\" \/><figcaption class=\"text-center text-xs\">DeFi TVL. Source: DeFi Llama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital assets are tumbling, with the combined crypto cap losing 4.5% in the past 24 hours. The combined crypto capitalization is down 16% from its local high of $1.81B on Jan. 12 \u2014 a milestone posted one day after the freshly launched spot Bitcoin ETFs\u00a0began trading\u00a0\u2014 to currently sit at $1.52B, according to CoinMarketCap. 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