Small Cap Altcoins Get Decimated In January Crypto Derisking
During the January crypto derisking carnage, it seems small cap altcoins have come out as the losers as they look to end the month 35% in the red. Small Cap Altcoins Suffer The Largest Losses In January Bloodbath As per the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, it looks like the smaller the coins, the greater have been their losses during the January carnage. Based on the market cap of each crypto, all the coins can be put into different groups. These “market cap weighted indexes” include mainly three divisions, the “large cap index,” the “mid cap....
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