Ether, the second largest crypto in market value, was recently changing hands below $1,800, off more than 5% from Sunday, same time. ETH and other major altcoins followed a similar path to bitcoin on Monday with the bulk of their declines coming in the immediate hours after the SEC suit. BNB, Binanceโs exchange token, and SOL, the native cryptocurrency of the Solana blockchain, recently plunged more than 10%. ADA and MATIC, the tokens of smart contract platforms Cardano and Polygon, and popular meme coin DOGE were recently off more than 8%. Even litecoin, which has been rallying the past few weeks, fell more than 9%. The SEC suit called those tokens unregistered securities.
Why Did Bitcoin BTC Price Fall to $25.4K? SEC Lawsuit Against Binance Rocks Crypto Markets
