What happened to Bitcoin and ether?

Bitcoin prices fell sharply on Friday, while ether prices also dived, wiping off nearly $150 billion from the crypto market. Bitcoin fell about 15% and was trading around $36,000 late Friday, according to Coin Metrics. Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, dived about 20% to trade around $2,500.

What is the future of Bitcoin and Ethereum?

Many experts predict that the price potential for both Bitcoin and Ethereum over the long term could be enormous. The analyst Van-Peterson of Saxo Bank correctly called the Bitcoin price move from approximately $750 to $2,000 a couple years prior, as did tech guru Kim Dotcom.

Will ether be the world's biggest cryptocurrency?

While ether remains far behind bitcoin's $1 trillion market value, some experts predict that it may not be long before the runner-up dethrones bitcoin as the world's biggest cryptocurrency, which currently represents 48% of the total crypto market, according to CoinGecko.

Will ether Bulls decouple bitcoin?

"As bitcoin loses its historic market dominance, the currency of the 'world's computer' is starting to fly, showing hints of the decoupling long predicted by ether bulls," Tim Frost, CEO of Yield App, a decentralized finance wealth management platform, told Insider.

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