Representations of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, DogeCoin, Ripple, Litecoin are placed on PC motherboard in this illustration taken, June 29, 2021.
Representations of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, DogeCoin, Ripple, Litecoin are placed on PC motherboard in this illustration taken, June 29, 2021. Reuters / Dado Ruvic

KEY POINTS

  • Crypto market remained red Wednesday as BTC fell below $19,500
  • ATOM, ADA, SOL, and DOGE were among the biggest losers
  • SRM, APE, QNT,  and AAVE were the least affected

The crypto market opened on a bearish note Wednesday as Bitcoin dropped to a daily low of $19,265. The majority of coins dropped significantly in the last month after (BTC) failed to break the $22,000 price resistance and Ether (ETH) failed to retain $1,200.

Almost half of July is over and the crypto market remains red. As of 1:47 a.m. ET, the price of Bitcoin, the world's biggest cryptocurrency, stood at $19,506. According to CoinMarketCap (CMC), the prices fell 2.4% in the last 24 hours.

On the other hand, Ether, the world's second-biggest cryptocurrency, dropped by 3% in the last 24 hours and as of 1:50 a.m. ET, the price of 1 ETH was 1,060, according to CMC. The daily low for ETH stood at $1,035.

Furthermore, the biggest losers for the day were Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), Dogecoin (DOGE) and Cosmos (ATOM) which fell by 3.45%, 2.01%, 3.01% and 4.98%, respectively. The prices for these tokens as of 1:53 a.m. ET were $0.4247, $33.33, $0.06082 and $7.87.

On the other hand, the least affected tokens in the crypto market included Algorand (ALGO), ApeCoin (APE), Aave (AAVE) and Quant (QNT) which rose by 0.74%, 0.1%, 0.22% and 1.2%, respectively. The prices of these tokens as of 1:57 a.m. ET were $0.3025, $4.37, $70.74 and $82.1.

An exceptional performer today was Serum (SRM) which rose by 4.46% in the last 24 hours. As of 1:59 a.m. ET, the price of 1 SRM was $1.02, according to CMC.

A representation of cryptocurrency Bitcoin is seen in this illustration taken August 6, 2021.
A representation of cryptocurrency Bitcoin is seen in this illustration taken August 6, 2021. Reuters / DADO RUVIC