Crypto Markets See Red, European Stocks Teeter in Wake of Brexit Deadline Extension

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Thursday, April 11 - after a bullish week, all of the top twenty cryptocurrencies are reporting slight to moderate losses on the day by press time, as Bitcoin corrects down close to the $5,100 mark.

Bitcoin is down close to 2.8% on the day, and is trading at around $5,106 by press time, according to CoinMarketCap.

The top coin has seen a week of near-consistent growth, hitting an multi-month price high of over $5,420 yesterday, April 10.

The largest altcoin by market cap, Ethereum, has taken a price hit, down 7.8% on the day to trade at $166.23.

XRP is now down close to 2.4% on the week.

It is closely followed by 5th largest crypto Bitcoin Cash, which has taken an 8.35% loss on the day to press time.

Widening out to the top twenty, the heaviest losers are 19th-ranked crypto Ontology, down a stark 13% on the day, 11th-ranked Tron, down 11.3%, and 16th-ranked NEO, down close to 11.75%. Tezos, ranked 20th, has seen the mildest losses of all top 20 coins, down just 1% to press time.

The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is currently around to $173.2 billion, down 0.4% on the week.

In traditional markets, European markets are faltering after yesterday's EU summit decision to grant the United Kingdom a "Flextension" of up to six months for the Article 50 deadline for Brexit.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 edged slightly lower soon after the markets opened, with sectors and major bourses pointing in opposite directions, CNBC reports.

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