Crypto
Crypto fades as risk appetite cools
Bitcoin, ether and most major tokens lose ground while the total crypto market cap shrinks.
Crypto trades lower across the board. Bitcoin falls 1.6% to 65,063, Ethereum drops 2.9% to 1,878.47, Solana loses 2.5% to 76 and XRP falls 2.8% to 1.1097.
The total crypto market cap declines 1.46% to $2.3T. Bitcoin dominance sits at 56.7% and Ethereum dominance at 9.8%, keeping BTC the clear center of gravity.
Smaller names are weaker too. BNB slips 0.8% to 566.4 and Dogecoin drops 4.8% to 0.0695. BTC remains above its 50-day average but below its 200-day average in the data, while Ethereum and Solana are also below their 200-day marks.
On the news side, CoinDesk focuses on stalled legislation, AI-agent payments and a quantum-threat defense group, but the price action itself stays mostly tied to the day’s broader risk-off tone.