Bitcoin stays below $50,000, other cryptos lacklustre as uncertainty looms

Dec 13, 2021

By: BI India Bureau

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Bitcoin continues to stay below $50,000

The cryptocurrency is trading at $48,976

Indian PM Modi’s Twitter hacked with Bitcoin tweet

His handle was briefly compromised — promising Bitcoin giveaway

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Fact check

Bitcoin is not legal tender in India

Ethereum is on the edge of slipping below $4,000

It’s currently trading at $4,014

Binance Coin is faring better than the rest

At $558.97, it’s still in the green compared to a week ago — just barely

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Solana is priced at $168.16

The cryptocurrency is 13.37 percent in the red as compared to last week

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Cardano’s fall continues at $1.31

It’s the only cryptocurrency in the top 10 that’s fallen by more than a percent — 4.28 percent in the last 24 hours

XRP is trading at $0.8256

It’s in the red by 0.37 percent today, but 2.27 percent higher than last week

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Meanwhile…

Polkadot and Terra are the only two in the top 10 trading in the green

Polkadot is up by 4.22 percent in the last 24 hours

The cryptocurrency is currently priced at $28.87

And, Terra’s LUNA token is up by 4.20 percent since yesterday

It’s currently trading at $61

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Disclaimer

These are top cryptocurrencies by volume according to CoinMarketCap | Prices updated as of December 13, 10 am IST and may change over the course of the day

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Cryptocurrencies continue to float in a sea of red