Crypto Price Today: Bitcoin barely holds $20,000 mark; altcoins trade lower

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Crypto tokens were back in the red during the early hours on Friday ahead of the US Jobs data. The macroeconomic fears are quite evident in the riskier asset class.Bitcoin, after breaching $20,000 levels, was back above the key psychological levels. Ethereum was also holding $1,350 levels, whereas altcoins dropped. Barring the US dollar-pegged Tether, Tron and Uniswap, all other crypto tokens were trading lower on Friday. BNB dropped 4 per cent, followed by a 3 per cent fall in Shiba Inu. Dogecoin, Solana and Bitcoin shed 2 per cent each. The global cryptocurrency market cap was trading lower at $958.92 billion, dropping more than a per cent in the last 24 hours. However, the total trading volume dropped more than 7 per cent to $55.56 billion.

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