Bitcoin
Why Bitcoin is down 2.0% today
Analysis
Bitcoin fell about 2% over the past 24 hours as capital rotated into alternative large-caps, with CoinDesk noting XRP has been outperforming BTC and ETH as investors “piled into the recent crash,” potentially pulling marginal demand away from bitcoin. Sentiment may also have been pressured by renewed discussion of long-term security risks after Decrypt reported on a proposed protocol step toward a “quantum fix,” even as experts disagreed on how urgent the threat is.
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XRP is outperforming bitcoin and ether following signs of dip buying during recent crash.
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