Ether tumbles 10% as heavy selling hits crypto markets

Ethereum was trading at $2,434.30 as of 12:14 local time (17:14 GMT) on Saturday, according to the Investing.com Index, marking a 10.26% daily decline. This represented its steepest one-day percentage drop since October 10, 2025.

The selloff reduced Ethereum’s market capitalization to $298.41 billion, accounting for about 11.08% of the total crypto market. At its peak, Ethereum’s market cap had reached $583.89 billion.

Over the past 24 hours, Ether fluctuated between $2,378.01 and $2,714.59. Weekly performance has also been weak, with Ethereum down 16.31% over the last seven days. Trading volume during the most recent 24-hour period totaled $36.56 billion, representing 25.68% of overall cryptocurrency turnover. Over the past week, prices ranged from $2,378.01 to $3,044.24.

Despite its recent rebound attempts, Ethereum remains 50.88% below its all-time high of $4,955.90, recorded on August 24, 2025.

Elsewhere in crypto markets, Bitcoin was last seen at $79,266.0, down 4.65% on the day. Tether USDt was effectively flat at $0.9990.

Bitcoin’s market capitalization stood at $1.60 trillion, representing 59.35% of the total crypto market, while Tether’s market cap was $185.07 billion, or 6.87% of the overall market value.

Sources: Investing

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