Why XRP, DeFi tokens crashed the most vs. BTC as Bitcoin price corrects
As Bitcoin dropped below $18,000, major altcoins including XRP and DeFi tokens fell by 10% to 30%. The price of several big-name alternative cryptocurrencies fell especially hard following a Bitcoin (BTC) pullback to $17,650 on Dec. 9. Namely, XRP and top decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens, YFI and AAVE, dropped by as much as 10% to 20% in the past 18 hours with BTC losing up to 7%.Cryptocurrency market daily losses. Source: Coin360The two main reasons behind the short-term correction of altcoins are likely the current high level of uncertainty among traders and low overall volume. XRP....
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