Crypto Market Daily Highlights – June 13 – DOGE, ETH, and BTC Slump

Key Insights:

• Cryptocurrency market conditions deteriorated further at the start of the week, with the broader market seeing red for a seventh consecutive day.
• While market apprehension toward Fed monetary policy continued to weigh, news of DeFi lender Celsius suspending withdrawals added to the bearish mood.
• The total crypto market cap tumbled by $121 billion to sub-$1,000 billion for the first time since February 2021.

It was a bearish start to the week for the crypto market, with the broader market seeing red for a seventh consecutive day. According to CoinMarketCap, Theta Network (THETA) was the only altcoin in the top one hundred to avoid a loss, with a 6.41% gain.

Investor apprehension ahead of Wednesday’s Fed monetary policy decision and forward guidance continued to weigh on the crypto market.

Adding to the market angst, however, was news of DeFi lender Celsius suspending all withdrawals, swaps, and transfers. With the dust yet to settle from the collapse of Terra LUNA and TerraUSD, the prospect of another market event came at the wrong time.

The extended sell-off led bitcoin (BTC) to sub-$22,000 for the first time since December 2020.

Crypto Market Cap Slides to sub-$1,000 Billion Amidst Panic Selling

A particularly bearish Monday saw the total crypto market cap slide by $130.6 billion to end the day at sub-$1,000 billion.

The total crypto market cap last stood at sub-$1,000 billion in February 2021. By contrast, however, the crypto market was in a bull run in February 2021, culminating in a bitcoin November all-time high of $68,979.

Year-to-date, the total crypto market cap has fallen by $1,268 billion.

With regulators looking to expedite efforts to roll out more stringent policy measures, the news of Celsius suspending withdrawals will likely draw more government ire.

The latest news raises the risk of more collapses in the wake of TerraUSD Classic (USTC) and Terra LUNA.

From the top ten cryptos, ETH and BTC led the way down, with losses of 15.7% and 15.5%, respectively.

BNB (-12.6%), DOGE (-14.8%), and XRP (-9.1%) also saw heavy losses.

ADA and SOL fared better than most, falling by 5.3% and 6.6%, respectively.

From the CoinMarketCap top 100, Aave (AAVA), CurveDAO Token (CRV), NEO (NEO), NEXO (NEXO), THORChain (RUNE), and Zcash (ZEC) saw the heaviest losses.

Tracking gold spot (XAUUSD) into the red, PAX Gold (PAXG) failed to provide comfort, declining by 3.01%. On Monday, gold spot slid by 2.80% to end the day at $1,819.

Total Crypto Liquidations Remain Elevated

Following a rise over the weekend, total crypto liquidation spiked going into today’s session.

According to Coinglass, 24-hour liquidations stood at $1,070 million, well above any levels in recent weeks. Early in the Monday session, 24-hour liquidations had stood at $359.7 million,

One-hour liquidations pointed to a steadying in market cap conditions, with one-hour liquidations at $15.53 million.

Crypto Daily News Highlights

• DeFi lender Celsius suspended withdrawals, swaps, and, transfers to add to the crypto market ire.
• JPMorgan announced plans to tokenize US Treasuries to embed them into its crypto strategy.
• US investors filed a lawsuit against Binance US for illegally selling TerraUSD and Terra LUNA.
• Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey challenged Elon Musk to develop a DOGE-based Web69.
• XRP investors await a court ruling that could decide the direction of the SEC case against Ripple Labs.
• MicroStrategy (MSTR) share price tumbled by 25.18% on Monday, with Coinbase (COIN) sliding by 11.41%.