Crypto liquidity dries up as billions in market value evaporate
- European stocks sold off sharply after Russia began an attack on Ukraine, tipping a longstanding diplomatic crisis into a military conflict
- Trading volume has slowed across many #cryptocurrency trading platforms during the rout in global assets triggered by the Ukraine crisis
- The Russian #ruble tumbled to a record low while the euro sank to a multi-year low to the Swiss franc after Russian forces fired missiles at several Ukrainian cities and landed troops on its south coast
- #BTCUSD exploded 3.3%
- #XAUUSD plummeted 1.4%
- #USDJPY rose 0.6%