May 9: crypto markets are seeing a mix of green and red after Bitcoin challenged $10,000 on Saturday, May 5, only to be followed by a subsequent drop to as low as $9,000 during the weekend.
The markets have since retraced their losses somewhat, with Bitcoin and Ethereum showing gains of around 2 percent each over 24 hours to press time.
In terms of absolute value, Bitcoin is hovering around the $9,300 mark at press time, after it stopped inches away from dipping below $9,000 earlier today.
Ethereum is following Bitcoin's trend, with gains of 2 percent over 24 hours to press time.
After experiencing significant growth of about 90 percent over the last 30 days, the altcoin is trading at $756.Ethereum price chart.
Total market cap is currently at $436 bln after dipping as low as $415 bln earlier today.
The latest selloff on the crypto market took place amidst criticism of Bitcoin by Berkshire Hathaway's chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and the company's vice chair Charlie Munger.
Over the past four days, the latter has alternated between comparing cryptocurrency trading to "Trading turds" or even trading "Freshly harvested baby brains."
May 7, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates echoed the Berkshire Hathaway executives' scepticism of crypto, claiming that he "Would short it if he could." The statement of the billionaire businessman sparked negative reactions from the crypto community on Twitter.
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Crypto Markets See Mix Of Green And Red After Weekend Selloff
gepubliceerd op May 9, 2018
by Cointele | gepubliceerd op Coinage
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