Cryptocurrencies had a difficult week. After starting on an upbeat trend, with Bitcoin soaring to a multi-month high of $52,000, cryptocurrencies lost more than $300 billion worth of value. A closer look shows that most cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ether, Cardano, Ripple, and Chainlink have dropped by more than 10% in the past seven days. But some tokens managed to buck the trend. Let us look at the main reasons why cryptocurrency prices crashed and those that soared.
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Other notable cryptocurrencies that bucked the trend this week were Near Protocol, Quant, Elrond, and Harmony One.