Crypto Market Slides Broadly as Bitcoin Briefly Falls Below $82,000
Real-world asset tokens fell 6.94% over 24 hours, while Ether dropped below $2,500 as losses spread across major crypto sectors.

Crypto markets fell broadly, with Bitcoin (BTC) briefly trading near $81,000 and real-world asset tokens posting some of the steepest losses across major sectors.
BTC was down 1.40% over 24 hours before recovering above $82,000. Ether (ETH) fell 2.91% and dropped below $2,500.
The real-world asset sector declined 6.94%. Centrifuge (CFG) fell 11.47%, while Ondo Finance (ONDO) dropped 9.60%.
Losses also spread across other market segments. The artificial intelligence sector declined 6.25%, led by drops of 13.58% for Unibase (UB) and 10.55% for Fetch.ai (FET). Render (RENDER) rose 5.83% against the broader trend.
Decentralized finance tokens fell 5.90%, meme tokens dropped 6.04% and layer-2 tokens declined 5.53%. Starknet (STRK) fell 27.26%, while Safe (SAFE) gained 16.60%.