Bitcoin Rally Stops as Value Falls Below $57,000, Ether Leads Altcoin Struggle

Ether weakens against Bitcoin, failing to improve valuation for yet another day as most altcoins continue to falter.

By Shomik Sen Bhattacharjee | Updated: 13 October 2021 12:21 IST

Bitcoin Rally Stops as Value Falls Below $57,000, Ether Leads Altcoin Struggle

Cryptocurrencies including Cardano, Tether, and Ripple fell by a couple of percentage points on average

Highlights

Bitcoin was trading at about $58,000 on Wednesday
Ether opened strong despite weak end on Tuesday
Dogecoin, Cardano prices continued to slip

Bitcoin and its bullish rally over the past week to set a new all-time high of over $65,000 (roughly Rs. 48,93,817) may have hit a speed bump as the world's most popular cryptocurrency ended Tuesday at a dip of over 1.65 percent. Valued at a five-month high of over $59,800 (roughly Rs. 44,77,977) on CoinSwitch on Tuesday morning, Bitcoin, at the time of writing, was trading at $58,640 (roughly Rs. 44,19,655) with a valuation on Binance and CoinMarketCap being considerably lower. Although this does look like the end of a massive rally for the cryptocurrency, with a 94 percent year-to-date rise in valuation, it shouldn't be long before we see a positive bounce.

Meanwhile, Ether and other altcoins seem to have had a better showing mid-week although Tuesday's trade ended bleak for most crypto assets. Gadgets 360's cryptocurrency price tracker shows that Ether did close at a 1.47 percent drop, but has almost recovered from that on Wednesday morning, trading at Rs. 2,76,741 (roughly $3,672) on CoinSwitch Kuber on Wednesday. The second most-valued cryptocurrency hasn't had a steady run like Bitcoin, but the Ethereum-based asset has had a positive start to the day.

Lower down the pecking order of altcoins, Cardano, Tether, Ripple, and Polkadot all fell by a couple of percentage points on average. Dogecoin fell by 3.27 percent to begin Wednesday's trade at Rs. 18 (roughly $0.24). SHIB fans haven't had a great day either, with values falling by 9.89 percent.

[Sponsored] Samsung Galaxy S24: The Ultimate Camera Phone With Smarter On-Device AI

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said recently at a conference that cryptocurrencies will be regulated by governments sooner or later and that he personally thinks Bitcoin is "worthless". That said, the CEO of America's largest bank has assured that he now has no problem offering investment options to his Bitcoin-hungry clients given their high interest in cryptocurrencies. JPMorgan began offering its wealth management clients access to crypto assets in July earlier this year.

Dimon, who has been a vocal critic of the digital currency for some time now, appeared to have no immediate impact on Bitcoin trade prices, but the cryptocurrency did see a mood-dampening dip towards the end of the day.

McDonald's China Launches NFT to Commemorate 31st Anniversary

In related news, the NFT rage appears to have moved on to Chess, as grandmaster Magnus Carlsen became the first person to be awarded an NFT trophy for winning an international chess tournament.

Interested in cryptocurrency? We discuss all things crypto with WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty and WeekendInvesting founder Alok Jain on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

Cryptocurrency is an unregulated digital currency, not a legal tender and subject to market risks. The information provided in the article is not intended to be and does not constitute financial advice, trading advice or any other advice or recommendation of any sort offered or endorsed by NDTV. NDTV shall not be responsible for any loss arising from any investment based on any perceived recommendation, forecast or any other information contained in the article.

Affiliate links may be automatically generated - see our ethics statement for details.

Cryptocurrency Prices across Indian exchanges

Comments

For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube.

Further reading: Cryptocurrency News, Cryptocurrency Price, Cryptocurrency Market, Cryptocurrency Price in India, Cryptocurrency Exchange, Bitcoin Exchange, Bitcoin Prices, Bitcoin Price in India, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Market, Cryptocurrency List