Crypto Markets Slightly Down, EOS Sees Some of Biggest Losses

Published at: July 11, 2018

Wednesday, July 11: crypto markets are experiencing a slight decline with the total market cap down just $2 billion from the same time yesterday.

Market visualization from Coin360

Bitcoin (BTC) is fluctuating between $6,300 and $6,400 price points today. At press time, the cryptocurrency is trading at around $6,330, down 0.8 percent over the 24 hour period.

Bitcoin price chart. Source: Cointelegraph Bitcoin Price Index

Ethereum (ETH) is down 0.75 percent on the day, trading at $434 at press time.

Ethereum price chart. Source: Cointelegraph Ethereum Price Index

Total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is similarly slightly down from yesterday levels, currently at  around $252 billion, according to Coinmarketcap.

Total market capitalization chart. Source: Coinmarketcap

EOS had seen the biggest losses out of the top 10 coins by market cap, losing 5.6% in 24 hours to press time and trading at just under $7.

Litecoin (LTC) is one of the only two coins to have gained value today, the other one being Tether (USDT). As of press time, Litecoin is up just a little over zero percent and is trading at around $77. On Tuesday, July 10, the LTC Foundation obtained a 9.9 percent stake in Germany’s WEG Bank AG via a strategic partnership deal with TokenPay.

While the crypto markets are suffering losses for the second day in a row, co-founder and president of crypto startup TenX Julian Hosp expressed optimism about Bitcoin today, claiming that he is still “quite confident” BTC would hit $60,000 in 2018.

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