Cryptocurrency charts mainly reflect losses on Friday, April 19. Bitcoin, for example, is trading at $61,815 (approximately Rs. 5.16 crore), down 0.23%. This is the trading value of Bitcoin in India, according to Gadgets360’s crypto price tracker. On international exchanges such as Binance, Bitcoin is trading at $62,160.14 (approximately Rs. 5.19 crore). Bitcoin has been under the shadow of volatility for much of this week, with its fourth halving event expected to occur between April 19 and April 21.

“In the past few hours, Bitcoin long positions worth $34.03 million have been liquidated. But the overall sentiment remains bullish as on-chain indicators show that holders have accumulated over $1.7 billion worth of BTC in the past few days. BTC The current price point is only a temporary support,” BuyUcoin CEO Shivam Thakral told Gadgets360.

Ethereum fell 0.45% on Friday. With this, the asset is trading at $2,999 (roughly Rs. 2.5 lakh) on the Gadgets360 cryptocurrency price tracker. On Binance, ETH is trading at $3,075.52 (roughly Rs. 2.56 lakh).

As of Friday, most cryptocurrencies were in the red.

Solana, Cardano, Ripple, Shiba Inu, Avalanche, Tron and Polkadot – all posted losses on Friday.

Polygon, Litecoin, and Uniswap are also in the red on the cryptocurrency charts.

It shows that amid continued volatility in the cryptocurrency market, the entire industry is valued at $2.26 trillion (approximately Rs. 18,878,119 crore) coin market cap.

“Geopolitical unrest such as the Isfahan airport explosion has heightened stress. The upcoming halving event has also heightened uncertainty. At the same time, Ethereum-based altcoins provide avenues for growth and innovation in the cryptocurrency space, Especially in games and Web3 applications,” WazirX Vice President Rajagopal Menon told Gadgets360.

Near Protocol, Tether, Uniswap, and Chainlink posted modest gains despite continued volatility.

“Immutable Governance recommendations enhance utility,” Menon noted.

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