Major cryptocurrencies plunged on Friday amid a broad sell-offs of risky assets, after a new variant of COVID-19 was detected in South Africa.
Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
-7.91%
fell more than 7% over the past 24 hours, recently trading at $54,162 early in the New York trading day. The cryptocurrency is down more than 20% from its all-time high of $68,990 on Nov. 10, according to CoinDesk data.
Ether
ETHUSD,
-10.37%
dived roughly 9% over the past 24 hours, recently trading at $4,017.
Binance coin recorded a loss of 9% over the past 24 hours, recently trading at $579.5. Solana
SOLUSD,
-8.56%
dropped 10.4% over the past 24 hours to $190, while Cardano
ADAUSD,
-8.97%
fell 9.4% over the past 24 hours to $1.5. XRP
XRPEUR,
-10.18%
plummeted 9.4% over the past 24 hours to $0.95.
Dogecoin
DOGEUSD,
-8.61%
is trading at around $0.206, with an 8.4% loss over the past 24 hours. Shiba Inu fell 6% over the past 24 hours to $0.000038.
The crypto market sell-offs are in line with other risky assets. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures
YM00,
-2.19%
slumped 793 points, or 2.2%, to 34957.
The World Health Organization is meeting on Friday to assess the new COVID strain B.1.1.529.
