Cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin, Ether fall sharply as China crackdown intensifies

Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, fell sharply over the weekend and its bad run continued on Monday. Rival Ether is also struggling to stay above $2,000. Check the latest cryptocurrency prices and trends.

It was a bad weekend for cryptocurrency investors around the globe as popular virtual coins fell sharply due to the rising value of the US dollar and intensified Chinese crackdown on mining activities. Cryptocurrency prices remained weak on Monday amid higher volatility. Cryptocurrency Price (US Dollar) 24-hour change Market cap (Billion) Volume (24 Hours) Bitcoin 34,200.99 -4.79% $640.91 $36.05 billion Ether 2,118.15 -4.62% $246.42 $25.69 billion Dogecoin 0.265452 -7.36% $34.50 $2.77 billion Litecoin 147.78 -4.64% $10.04 $2.57 billion XRP (Ripple) 0.727391 -4.45% $72.73 $3.37 million Cardano 1.37 -2.78% $44.19 $3.14 billion Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, fell sharply over the weekend and its bad run continued on Monday. At 10:40 am, Bitcoin was trading over five per cent lower than its price 24 hours ago, below $34,000. Rival Ether’s valuation has also taken a massive knock, and it is struggling to stay above $2,000 at the moment. Other popular cryptocurrencies such as XRP, Cardano, Dogecoin, Stellar, Polkadot, Chainlink and Litecoin are also trading much weaker than their value a day ago.