Bitcoin Falls to Lowest Levels Since 2017; Federal Reserve Warns of Crypto’s Structural Fragilities

20 Jun 2022

📈BTC | $19,749.93 (+$1,501.79, +8.23%)
📈ETH | $1,061.51 (+$120.58, +12.85%)
📈XRP | $0.319091 (+$0.013263, +4.34%)
📈LTC | $52.02 (+$6.55, +14.41%)

📈Total Crypto Market Cap: The global crypto market cap is $884.22B (+5.44%)

💀Recently, Bitcoin (BTC) traded over $19,000, an increase of more than 8% from the previous day. BTC briefly dropped below $17,800 the day before, its lowest position since mid-December 2017. Ether nearly fell to a five-year low below $1,000 before rebounding over the weekend. It was recently trading at around $1,060, up more than 12% from the day before. Other altcoins also did well, with LTC and XRP rising by 14% and 4% respectively.

👨‍💼The Federal Reserve Board noted in its monetary report that “recent strains observed in markets for stablecoins…and other digital assets have emphasized the structural fragilities in that rapidly expanding industry.” According to the report, stablecoins not backed by secure and liquid assets and proper regulatory standards pose dangers to investors and possibly to the financial system.

🎮Immutable, an NFT scaling platform, started a $500 million venture fund on Web 3 games and NFT projects. Through token awards and investments, the new startup fund will also strengthen the Immutable X protocol. BITKRAFT, Animoca, Arrington Capital, Double Peak, Airtree, King River Capital, and GameStop are just a few of the cryptocurrency and game investors the fund will work with, according to Immutable.


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