Friday the 13th could not be a more appropriate date as terror has settled on the markets this week. To supplement with a bit of context, the Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index is currently at one of its lowest points (10/100), indicating extreme fear. Close to $380 billion has left the market, leaving the total cryptocurrencies market cap at $1.2 trillion. Every cryptocurrency sector covered has seen double-digit losses, with Web3 taking the biggest loss.
All top assets by market capitalization traded in unison as they made new lows this week with the exception of one outlier: TRON. The Ethereum forked project’s asset has stood its ground with respect to the rest of the pack as the broader market continues to sell off. TRX was the asset with the least decline among the category and ended the week with a -7.6% return. AVAX, the native token for the Avalanche blockchain, had the biggest loss with a 47.5% decline on the week.
The DeFi sector was among the worst performing of the week, with some assets around the 50% drawdown territory. However, it had the only asset among all sectors covered that ended the week with a positive return — Maker (MKR). Interestingly, MKR saw a 100%+ spike around the same time that the Terra/UST events were unfolding, suggesting that investors might have flocked to a more reliable stablecoin protocol with an established track record. MKR ended the week with a 7.5% return while the rest of the top DeFi assets posted losses ranging from -25.1% down to -54.1%. THORChain took the last spot.
The smart contract platforms sector traded similarly to the top assets by market capitalization category in that all shared a similar downwards trend with the exception of one outlier that did not have a significant of a drawback as compared to the rest. TRON (TRX) was the smart contract platform asset with the least decline for the week (-7.6%) while the rest of the sector had losses ranging from -26.7% to -47.5%. Avalanche (AVAX) was the biggest loser.
The currencies sector had the least decline among the rest of the sectors covered; however, all of the assets that make the top ten secured double-digit losses for the week. Bitcoin (BTC) took the top spot as the currency with least drawdown (-19.0%) while Dash (DASH) lagged behind the group, finishing the week with a 36.7% loss.
The Web3 sector had the worst performance among the sectors covered in the report with all of its top assets by market capitalization posting double-digit losses this week. Livepeer (LPT), the least to decline within the sector, had a 31.4% drawdown. The Graph secured the endmost position of the group with a 53.3% decline for the week.
Gaming, the second worst performing of the sectors covered, had a similar outcome to the rest, with all of its top assets by market capitalization posted double-digit declines for the week. Aavegotchi, one of the lesser volatile assets within the sector, ended the week with the smallest decline at -12.5% while Alice (ALICE) held the rear as one of the worst-performing top sector assets with a 53.2% decline.
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