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While Bitcoin falls today, everything around it falls even harder.

Bitcoin fell below $22,200 today, a reversal of fortunes from Sunday, when it hit its all-time high of $24,209. Its current price is $22,759.

But while Bitcoin still hovers close to its all-time high, and has fallen just 4% in the past 24 hours, coins that had surged in value following Bitcoin's big day yesterday have since crashed. 

Ethereum is down by 6% in the past 24 hours; XRP by 8%; Litecoin by 10%; Bitcoin Cash by 11% and Chainlink by 8%. 

While there are thousands of coins that have nothing to do with Bitcoin, many of the prices of the top coins are correlated with the price of Bitcoin.

This is because Bitcoin is the largest coin by market capitalization; as of this writing, Bitcoin dominates the crypto market, with 65.5% of the market cap under its control, according to metrics site CoinMarketCap. 

Bitcoin started falling this morning and fell to $22,242 by 1pm UTC. It subsequently rose before settling at its current price. Ethereum and XRP are yet to recover. 

The views and opinions expressed by the author are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial, investment, or other advice.

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Bitcoin was built on several key innovations. Firstly, Nakamoto guaranteed that Bitcoin transactions were immutable, by recording all transactions on a distributed ledger known as a blockchain. Secondly, he ensured Bitcoin’s scarcity by capping the total number of Bitcoin in existence at 21 million. Finally, the community was incentivized to verify transactions by receiving rewards in the form of “mined” Bitcoin for checking the accuracy of the blockchain.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency, originally described in a 2008 paper by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. Launched in January 2009, it was the world’s first cryptocurrency, and remains the most popular, with the highest market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin was built on several key innovations. Firstly, Nakamoto guaranteed that Bitcoin transactions were immutable, by recording all transactions on a distributed ledger known as a blockchain. Secondly, he ensured Bitcoin’s scarcity by capping the total number of Bitcoin in existence at 21 million. Finally, the community was incentivized to verify transactions by receiving rewards in the form of “mined” Bitcoin for checking the accuracy of the blockchain.

<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency designed to be an electronic payment system—as opposed to merely a means of storing value like Bitcoin. It was created as a hard fork of Bitcoin in August 2017 and, while technically similar, differentiates itself through faster transaction times. As Bitcoin Cash’s block size is substantially larger than Bitcoin (32MB relative to 1MB), its transaction costs are also reduced.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:803,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14281427},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}">Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency designed to be an electronic payment system—as opposed to merely a means of storing value like Bitcoin. It was created as a hard fork of Bitcoin in August 2017 and, while technically similar, differentiates itself through faster transaction times. As Bitcoin Cash’s block size is substantially larger than Bitcoin (32MB relative to 1MB), its transaction costs are also reduced.</span>

Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency designed to be an electronic payment system—as opposed to merely a means of storing value like Bitcoin. It was created as a hard fork of Bitcoin in August 2017 and, while technically similar, differentiates itself through faster transaction times. As Bitcoin Cash’s block size is substantially larger than Bitcoin (32MB relative to 1MB), its transaction costs are also reduced.

<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;First described in a 2013 whitepaper by programmer Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum (ETH) is a cryptocurrency and blockchain platform that allows developers to create programs and run smart contracts using its native language. It can thus be viewed as a virtual computer, whose resources are paid for using Ether.\r\n\r\nIn 2020, Ethereum began the transition to Ethereum 2.0, in which its proof-of-work consensus mechanism is replaced by a proof-of-stake model. The aim of the upgrade is to increase Ethereum’s scalability and security.\r&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:547,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14281427},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;12&quot;:0}">First described in a 2013 whitepaper by programmer Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum (ETH) is a cryptocurrency and blockchain platform that allows developers to create programs and run smart contracts using its native language. It can thus be viewed as a virtual computer, whose resources are paid for using Ether.</span>

In 2020, Ethereum began the transition to Ethereum 2.0, in which its proof-of-work consensus mechanism is replaced by a proof-of-stake model. The aim of the upgrade is to increase Ethereum’s scalability and security.

First described in a 2013 whitepaper by programmer Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum (ETH) is a cryptocurrency and blockchain platform that allows developers to create programs and run smart contracts using its native language. It can thus be viewed as a virtual computer, whose resources are paid for using Ether.

In 2020, Ethereum began the transition to Ethereum 2.0, in which its proof-of-work consensus mechanism is replaced by a proof-of-stake model. The aim of the upgrade is to increase Ethereum’s scalability and security.

<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;XRP is a cryptocurrency designed to facilitate transfers between financial institutions. Ripple, the project behind XRP, differs from both Bitcoin and Litecoin in several key aspects: it relies on sale as opposed to mining as a means of freeing up new currency, and its transaction speeds are of a different order of magnitude (nearly 1,000 transactions per second to Bitcoin’s 7 tps) .\r\n\r\nWhile the ideas behind XRP date back to 2004, the currency was created in 2012 by Jed Caleb and Chris Larsen.\r&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:803,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:14281427},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}">XRP is a cryptocurrency designed to facilitate transfers between financial institutions. Ripple, the project behind XRP, differs from both Bitcoin and Litecoin in several key aspects: it relies on sale as opposed to mining as a means of freeing up new currency, and its transaction speeds are of a different order of magnitude (nearly 1,000 transactions per second to Bitcoin’s 7 tps) .</span>

While the ideas behind XRP date back to 2004, the currency was created in 2012 by Jed Caleb and Chris Larsen.

XRP is a cryptocurrency designed to facilitate transfers between financial institutions. Ripple, the project behind XRP, differs from both Bitcoin and Litecoin in several key aspects: it relies on sale as opposed to mining as a means of freeing up new currency, and its transaction speeds are of a different order of magnitude (nearly 1,000 transactions per second to Bitcoin’s 7 tps) .

While the ideas behind XRP date back to 2004, the currency was created in 2012 by Jed Caleb and Chris Larsen.

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