Dogecoin surges on Elon’s Tesla tweet, Bitcoin and Ethereum still languish

27 of the top 30 cryptos by market capitalisation were in the fallers category this morning

Elon Musk unleashed Dogecoin buying with a tweet, telling the world Tesla merchandise is ‘buyable’ with the so-called meme-coin. Elsewhere, it was another down-day for Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Bitcoin was 2.7% lower, continuing to cling to the US$42,500 level whilst Ethereum was down 2.6% at US$3,258.

Both of the leading cryptos remain 30-35% below all-time highs seen in November.

Alt-coins Solana and Cardano slipped 4.2% and 3% respectively whilst Terra, Avalanche and Polygon were down 4.4%, 5.5% and 5.9% respectively.

Falling further Chainlink gave up 6.4%.

Outside of the ‘top 20’, Algorand, Cosmos, and Internet Computer were also heavier fallers, losing 7.0%, 8.2%, and 7.4% respectively. 

Thanks to Musk’s tweet, Dogecoin surged 12.6% to US$0.196 outpacing rival doggy meme-coin Shiba Inu which declined 2.0% to US$0.0000313. 

Overall, 27 of the top 30 cryptos by market capitalisation were in the fallers category this morning.