Crypto Price Today: Bitcoin breaches $20k; XRP, Polygon & Polkadot gain up to 4%

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crypto tokens were back in the green during the early hours of Asian trade on Monday. However, the gains were limited considering inflation fears across the globe.Bitcoin slipped below the$20,000 mark, whereas Ethereum was slightly above $1,300. Investors across the globe will be keenly looking at the inflation data and the US Fed minutes of themeeting scheduled this week. All the crypto tokens were trading higher on Monday, but the gains were capped. XRP jumped as much as 4 per cent, whereas Polkadot and Polygon gained 3 per cent each. Solana was up 2 per cent. The global cryptocurrency market cap was trading marginally higher at $944.94 billion, rising about a per cent in the last 24 hours. However, the total trading volume gained as much as 2 per cent to $33.20 billion.

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