Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Plunge Over 6% Each, Dogecoin Drowns 14% On Turbulent Post-FOMC Thursday

Cryptocurrency markets are trading lower on Thursday, with Bitcoin falling below the $100,000 mark following Wednesday’s Fed meeting.

Cryptocurrency Price    Gains +/-
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)  $97,083.43 -5.7%
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)  $3,377.75 -9.3%
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)  $192.61 -8.3%
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)  $2.21 -6.5%
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)  $0.312 -14.1%
Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB)  $0.00002161 -12%

Notable Statistics:

  • IntoTheBlock data shows large transaction volume decreasing by 7.4%; daily active addresses remained relatively flat. Transactions greater than $100,000 are down from 14,557 to 13,516 in a single day. Exchanges netflows are down by 4.09%.
  • Coinglass data reports 368,308 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $1.19 billion, the most ;ong liquidations since Dec.10.
  • Crypto chart analyst Ali Martinez noted whales purchased $1 billion worth BTC during recent market dip.

Notable Developments:

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