Crypto market lost $165 billion in a week dropping to a 2-month low

The global cryptocurrency market has experienced a considerable outflow in the last week despite the historic Ethereum (ETH) Merge event that transitioned the blockchain to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) status.

In the last week, the global crypto market sunk below the crucial psychological threshold of $1 trillion, collapsing $165 billion between September 12, when it was trading at $1.068 billion, and $903 billion on September 19, according to data retrieved by Finbold from CoinMarketCap.

Global crypto market 7-day chart. Source: CoinMarketCap

Notably, the last time the market recorded such a low was on July 14, 2022, a little under two months ago; despite being in a more extended bear market, the overall capitalization of cryptocurrencies had been battling to hold support above $1 trillion during this time.

Global crypto market 3-month chart. Source: CoinMarketCap

Leading cryptocurrencies see red

As things stand, Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $18,439, down 8.07% on the day and 17.08% across the previous week, with a total market worth of $354 billion.

Elsewhere, the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Ethereum, is changing hands at $1,295, down over 10.99% in the last 24 hours and a further 26.15% across the previous week.

Crypto trading analyst Ali Martinez was quick to tweet out a hypothesis from September 15. Now Ethereum has dropped below $1,300, notably Martinez highlighted that ETH could end up in a downwards spiral as low as $1,000:

“You don’t want ETH to dip below $1,460 because it could trigger a sell-off that sends it to $1,000.”

Ethereum chart. Source: Ali Martinez

In comparison, Michaël van de Poppe noted Ethereum had lost its upwards momentum trajectory on September 19. He stated:

“Expecting a response from the region between $1,200-1,300. Not sure whether we’ll get a bounce towards $1,425 as FED on Wednesday is most important as a decider of a trend.”

The general opinion is that there will be a rise of 100 basis points, followed by more increases in the following months, while discussions over this policy begin to intensify.

It remains to be seen whether the markets will continue to fall based on the outcome as the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting approaches Wednesday, 21.

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