Ibahagi ang artikulong ito

Bitcoin Loses 10% on the Week as Memecoins Tumble

Among the memecoins sliding was PEPE, which lost over 60% over the last 7 days.

Na-update May 12, 2023, 8:54 p.m. Nailathala May 12, 2023, 6:47 p.m. Isinalin ng AI
(Kaleb Tapp/Unsplash)
(Kaleb Tapp/Unsplash)

Bitcoin (BTC) has plunged more than 10% over the past 7 days to a two-month low just above $26,000 alongside a sizable reversal in the previous red-hot memecoin sector.

The world’s largest cryptocurrency traded at around $26,300 at press time, a level not seen since March 17. Bitcoin’s high for the week came on Wednesday morning when it rose to $28,300 following softer than expected CPI data on Wednesday.

STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Huwag palampasin ang isa pang kuwento.Mag-subscribe sa Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter ngayon. Tingnan lahat ng newsletter

“Bitcoin might break below $26,000 over the weekend but it’s well bid right now,” said Laurent Kssis, crypto advisor at CEC Capital. “Clearly there are no fundamentals holding BTC up any longer and traders are concerned but it feels a short term play to increase BTC holdings at these lower levels,” he added.

Bitcoin is traded at a two-month low on Friday (TradingView)
Bitcoin is traded at a two-month low on Friday (TradingView)

Oanda analyst Ed Moya believes bitcoin is still subject to further downside pressure until the U.S. sees regulatory clarity.

Ether (ETH) was also lower for the week, though it did outperform bitcoin by a bit. It’s currently at $1,770 versus its weekly high of $2,020 touched last Saturday.

Helping to sour the mood in bitcoin were tumbling prices for some memecoins, notably pepecoin (PEPE), which is now lower by more than 60% over the past week of trade. The new token based on “pepe the frog” debuted on April and quickly rose to more than a $1 billion valuation. That’s now been trimmed to roughly $560 million.

PEPE's market capitalization (CoinGeko)
PEPE's market capitalization (CoinGeko)

Other memecoin decliners included dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB), each of which lost about 11% over the last 7days.

"The hype of meme coins is usually exciting, but often followed by a market crash, similar to what we saw with DOGE and SHIB two years ago,” said Youwei Yang, chief economist at publicly traded bitcoin mining company, BTCM. “The market correction for memecoins this week is largely due to the calm down of the FOMO (fear of missing out) sentiment with these new memecoins.”

Altcoins were not spared in the selloff, with Aptos’ (APT), shedding 20%, and Filecoin (FIL) and Aribitrum’s (ARB) each off about 17%.

Higit pang Para sa Iyo

Protocol Research: GoPlus Security

GP Basic Image

Ano ang dapat malaman:

  • As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
  • GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
  • Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.

Higit pang Para sa Iyo

XRP Faces Downside Risk as Social Sentiment Turns Wildly Negative

(Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

The turn in crowd mood comes after a two-month slide of roughly 31%, leaving the token vulnerable to further downside if risk appetite weakens across majors.

Ano ang dapat malaman:

  • XRP's price approached the $2 mark as social sentiment around the token turned sharply negative, according to Santiment data.
  • The token has experienced a 31% decline over two months, making it vulnerable to further losses if market risk appetite weakens.
  • Santiment's sentiment model indicates XRP is in a 'fear zone,' where negative commentary significantly outweighs positive talk, potentially influencing market positioning.