The PoW Dominance Purge — Only 6 Crypto Assets out of the Top 50 Market Caps ...
At the time of writing, only one coin in the top ten crypto assets by market capitalization is a proof-of-work (PoW) token and out of the top 20, there are only three tokens that leverage a PoW consensus mechanism. Moreover, out of 50 of the largest crypto coins by valuation, only six use PoW and out of all of them, there’s roughly 230 exahash per second (EH/s) of hashpower combined. Only 12% of the Top 50 Crypto Assets Leverage PoW — Hashpower Currently Equates to Close to 230 Exahash With Ethereum changing from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), only 12% of the....
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Bitcoin has now seen declining prices following the El Salvador Bitcoin law. The flash crash that had cleared at least $400 billion off the crypto total market cap has left lingering effects on the price of the digital asset. The price had plunged from $50,000 to $42,000 in less than an hour, leading to an 18% loss in about 30 minutes. While bitcoin has since recovered from its lows from the crash, the asset has not been able to recover to previous levels before the crash. Though the crash had affected most of the market, mid-cap coins have recovered the most from this. The Mid Caps Index....
During the past 30 days, $285 billion has left the crypto economy and bitcoin’s USD value hit a 2022 low at $17,593 per unit on June 18. Moreover, last month’s statistics show bitcoin’s market dominance was 2.9% higher and ethereum’s market dominance was 2.1% higher than it is today. Bitcoin and Ethereum Dominance Has Dropped Over the Last Month The crypto bear market has done some damage to the digital currency economy and many continue to wonder if the market carnage will continue. The market has seen a brief consolidation period after the most recent....
Bitcoin dominance has dropped to the lowest level in just over three and a half years since June 3, 2018, at 37%. Last year, at the end of March, bitcoin dominance hovered just above the 60% zone but since then, numerous digital asset market caps have swelled in value and gathered prominence in the market rankings along the way. Bitcoin Dominance Dips Below 38% The crypto economy currently has roughly 12,247 crypto assets traded across 542 exchanges worldwide. Crypto markets have shed more than 7% over the last 24 hours, dropping to a low of $2.16 trillion by 8:00 a.m. (EST). While people....
The current trend in the crypto market has seen investors reassessing their positions in digital assets such as bitcoin. As the market had boomed and the infamous altcoin season had blossomed, a lot of investors had flocked to smaller cap altcoins for some large gains. However, with these digital assets now in a decline, investors have had to find ‘safer’ alternatives which have brought them right back into the arms of larger caps like bitcoin. Small Caps Take A Beating Like with any declining market, small caps have borne the brunt of the losses. They have underperformed the other indexes....
The mythical merge is almost here. Ethereum’s transition from Proof-Of-Work to Proof-Of-Stake is the most talked about event in crypto at the moment, and money is flowing to that blockchain. That, in turn, translated into a decrease in bitcoin dominance. That metric measures the percentage of the whole crypto market that bitcoin represents, and it’s currently “down at levels not seen since 2018.” Which makes sense. Because the merge is almost here and everyone placed their bets. Related Reading: WATCH: Ethereum Gains Momentum Ahead Of The Merge | ETHUSD September 6, 2022 According to....