Crypto Survives Weekend Sell-Off, Hong Kong Approves Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs
Apr 15, 2024
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Market Update Crypto prices suffered steep declines over the weekend following news of Iran launching drone strikes at Israel. Bitcoin and Ethereum reached respective lows of $60.8k and $2.85k, while many altcoins saw drops of over 20%. Open interest (OI) across all coins on Friday was $48 billion, and after the rapid price declines, approximately 25% of that was wiped, with total OI of about $36 billion at the time of writing. $BTC (-2.81%) and $ETH (-1.37%) have rebounded slightly with Bitcoin trading at $64.0k and Ethereum at $3,100. $ONDO (-1.32%) has emerged as one of the strongest perf