Cryptocurrency

The cryptocurrency market took a 5% tumble in the last 24 hours, with all the major coins losing value.

Polkadot (DOT) fared the worst, dropping 8% to sit at $21.06 at the time of writing (7am UK). It is more or less where it was a week ago.

Several coins lost 7% in value: Avalanche, Cardano and Dogecoin.

Avalanche (AVAX) is around $92 yet 6% higher than its price a week ago, while Cardano (ADA) is at $1.13 and 2% down on its price last Friday morning.

Meme coin DOGE is at 13.5 cents and 1% down over seven days.

Terra (LUNA) dropped 6% to $101, leaving it 8% higher than its price seven days ago.

Market leader Bitcoin (BTC) shed 5% to below $44,750 yet remains 2% up over the course of a week.

Binance Coin (BNB) also lost 5% to $421 and is 2% up over seven days.

Ripple (XRP) is at 82c thanks to its own 5% drop which leaves it 2% down in a week.

Ethereum (ETH), the second most valuable crypto coin, lost 4% to $3,250. ETH is 4% up in a week.

Solana (SOL) only shed 1% to $121 and is 16% up in a week.

The overall market cap of the more than 18,600 coins is at $2.06 trillion, a 4.6% decrease in the last 24 hours.

To see how the valuations of the main coins have changed in the last few days, click here.

For valuations of the top 250 coins by market cap plus 24-hour price change and volume traded, see below.

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