The market valuation of the global cryptocurrency declined 4.71 percent to USD 1.90 trillion in the last 24 hours, while trade volumes fell 11.40 percent to USD 61.69 billion.
Stablecoins accounted for 77.69 percent of the 24-hour cryptocurrency trading volume at USD 47.92 billion, while decentralised finance (DeFi) accounted for 13.68 percent at USD 8.44 billion.
On the morning of February 18, Bitcoin's market domination declined by 0.43 percent to 41.55 percent, and the currency was trading at USD 40,782.87.
Bitcoin declined 1.31 percent to Rs 33,84,999 in rupees, while Ethereum fell 1.44 percent to Rs 2,40,000.Avalanche declined 0.57 percent to Rs 7,285.7, and Cardano fell 1.33 percent to Rs 83.86. In the previous 24 hours, Polkadot declined 1.74 percent to Rs 1,508 while Litecoin fell 2.63 percent to Rs 9,792.5. Tether was trading at Rs 78.27, up 0.09 percent.
Memecoin SHIB was up 2.47 percent to Rs 11.52, while Dogecoin was down 0.85 percent to Rs 11.52. Terra (LUNA) is now trading at Rs 4,365, down 2.48 percent.
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