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Ether, XRP down 5% as crypto’s painful week continues

  • Major tokens XRP, BNB Chain’s BNB, Cardano’s ADA and DOGE slumped as much as 4%.

  • Bullish bets on futures tracking crypto majors recorded over $600 million in liquidations.

  • A New York Fed research indicated President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs on imports from China impact the American economy higher than expected.

Ether (ETH) continued its multi-day slide on Thursday with a 7% drop in the past 24 hours as the prolonged crypto sell-off showed no signs of a pause.

Bitcoin (BTC) was trading between $89,000 to $82,500 in U.S. trading hours on Wednesday, staging a slight recovery in early Asian hours to just over $86,000. The broader market tracked by CoinDesk 20 (CD20), a liquid index tracking the largest tokens, fell over 3%.

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