Bitcoin Seesaws Below $28K as Investors Eye Fed Interest Rate Decision
Ether, the second largest cryptocurrency in market capitalization, was recently changing hands at about $1,731, down 3% from Sunday, same time. Other cryptos among the top 25 by market value were largely in the red, with APT, the token of layer 1 network Aptos, and MATIC, the native crypto of layer 2 platform Polygon recently off more than 8% and 6%, respectively. SOL, the token of the Solana blockchain rose slightly.
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