With just a week remaining before Bitcoin’s highly anticipated halving event, the top cryptocurrency is experiencing a significant drop in price. Currently priced below $67,000 per coin, Bitcoin hit a low of $65,981 late Friday, falling nearly 2% over the past seven days. Despite briefly approaching $72,000 earlier in the week, it lost those gains and dropped 5% in a single day.
Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency, has also faced struggles this week, with its price down over 3% to $3,226. Many other top coins and tokens have experienced losses, with Solana being one of the biggest losers, dropping by 13% to $142.62. Solana’s network congestion issues may be contributing to the downward pressure on its price.
On the positive side, some digital assets have fared well, such as Toncoin, which nearly flipped Dogecoin this week. Priced at $6.44 and rising by nearly 20% in seven days, Toncoin’s surge was fueled by news of a potential IPO for Telegram. Despite the overall market downturn, there are still pockets of success in the cryptocurrency space.