India, June 13 -- Cryptocurrencies slipped further as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East aggravated following Israel's attack on Iran.
Overall crypto market capitalization has plunged 3.7 percent in the past 24 hours. It is currently at $3.26 trillion. Only 5 of the top 100 cryptocurrencies are trading with overnight gains of more than a percent. The 24-hour trading volume has in the meanwhile increased more than 24 percent overnight to $167 billion.
Aligning with the change in global market sentiment, the CMC Crypto Fear and Greed Index, a proprietary tool developed by CoinMarketCap to measure the emotional state of the market slipped to 54 implying a "neutral" state from 61 in "greed" state a day earlier.
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