It certainly has been a disappointing and volatile 24 hours of trade for cryptocurrency markets.
After pushing higher in Asian afternoon trade the cryptocurrency market has given back those gains and more overnight.
This has reduced the value of the entire market to US$426.4 billion according to Coin Market Cap, down 1.5% since this time yesterday.
Here is the state of play on Friday morning:
The Bitcoin (BTC) price is down 1.8% over the last 24 hours to US$9,124.71 per coin, reducing the world's largest cryptocurrency's market capitalisation to just under US$155.4 billion. Despite one crypto expert telling CNBC that Bitcoin could hit US$64,000 next year, the cryptocurrency hasn't been able to break out of its bearish trend.
The Ethereum (ETH) price has fallen 1.5% since this time yesterday to US$739.29, taking Ethereum's market capitalisation down to a little under US$74.5 billion. According to the Independent, one expert thinks this could soon change, though. The so-called "Bitcoin Jesus" has predicted that Ethereum will be the world's most valuable cryptocurrency by the end of the year.
The Ripple (XRP) price has continued its slide and is down a further 3% over the last 24 hours to 78.1 U.S. cents. This has cut Ripple's market capitalisation to US$30.6 billion. The Ripple price has come under pressure despite positive results from pilot trials of XRP for cross-border money transfers. Ripple advised of savings of up to 70% and transaction times of minutes instead of days.
The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) price has had a wild 24 hours of trade and is down 4.5% during the period to US$1,565.54, reducing its market capitalisation to US$26.8 billion. Bitcoin Cash is now down over 6% from yesterday's high.
The EOS (EOS) price has managed to defy the market and has pushed 0.9% higher since this time yesterday to US$17.96. This increases the EOS market capitalisation to US$15.2 billion.
Outside the top five it was a similarly story with sizeable declines being seen for Litecoin (LTC), Cardano (ADA), Stellar (XLM), IOTA (MIOTA), and TRON (TRX). Each of these cryptocurrencies was down no less than 3.5% over the last 24 hours. IOTA has been the worst performer with a 5% decline.
