Key Insights:

• Crypto market conditions calmed on Tuesday, with the broader market ending extended losing streaks.

• Ethereum (ETH) bucked the trend, falling for an eighth consecutive day, with bitcoin (BTC) also seeing red.

• The choppy session saw the total crypto market cap fall by $69 billion to a new current-year low of $858.7bn before late support kicked in.

It was a mixed session for the crypto market on Tuesday. While the broader crypto market ended an extended losing streak, the bitcoin (BTC) fell for an eighth consecutive day.

The eighth day in the red saw bitcoin fall to a new current-year low of $20,838 before a partial recovery to $22,000. Bitcoin last stood at sub-$21,000 in December 2020.

Helium (HNT) was a front runner, while Monero (XMR) and Tron (TRX) saw heavy losses.

Dip buyers delivered much-needed support ahead of the Fed’s monetary policy decision on Wednesday, which has weighed on the crypto market.

Crypto Market Cap Slides to sub-$900 Billion

Following Monday’s $130.6 billion wipeout, the total crypto market cap fell by just $3.6 billion on Tuesday.

Significantly, however, the market cap fell to a new current-year low of $858.6 billion before returning to $900 billion. Tuesday’s decline marked the eighth consecutive daily fall.

For June alone, the total crypto market cap is currently down $379 billion, following a $380 billion tumble in May and a $375 billion slump in April.

While the crypto market found support on Tuesday, downside risks remain as the market looks ahead to the Fed monetary policy decision on Wednesday.

The markets have priced in a 50 basis point rate hike. A hike in line with expectations would leave investors to focus on the Fed’s inflation, GDP, and interest rate projections.

Investor fear of a more aggressive rate path trajectory has hit riskier assets. An upward revision to the March projections will likely further test the appetite for riskier assets.

Other market considerations include plans to roll out more stringent regulatory measures and the stability of stablecoins.

On Tuesday, TRX came under selling pressure as investors reacted to algorithmic stablecoin USDD losing its dollar peg. TRX slumped by 12.9% on Tuesday, following a 16.1% slide on Monday.

From the top ten cryptos, ADA (+3.88%), SOL (+3.46%), and XRP (+3.41%) led the way.

BNB (+0.09%) and DOGE (+2.69%) also found support.

BTC slid by a further 1.58% to lead the way down, however, with ETH ending the day with a 0.02% loss to buck the broader market trend.

From the CoinMarketCap top 100, Monero (XMR) joined TRX in the deep red, with a loss of 10.83%.