Bitcoin, Dogecoin Bled But These Gold-Backed Cryptos Preserved Investors' Wealth Last Week

The cryptocurrency market capped last week on a sour note after Bitcoin BTC/USD crashed to $80,000 on Sunday evening. While the broader market crashed, investors sought refuge in gold-backed coins. 

What happened: Bitcoin Cash topped the gainers' list, returning nearly 11% to its holders in a week where blue-chip coins like Bitcoin and Ethereum ETH/USD fell 10% and 15%, respectively.

Bitcoin Cash is a result of a hard fork of the original Bitcoin blockchain in 2017 and is considered an affordable alternative to the apex cryptocurrency.

Physical gold-backed cryptocurrencies such as Tether Gold and PAX Gold were among the safe bets amid the downturn, yielding 2% and 1.70%, respectively.

Cryptocurrency	Gains +/-	Price
Bitcoin Cash BCH/USD	+10.90%	$362.52
Pax Gold PAXG/USD	+2.01%	$2,922.46
Tether Gold XAUT/USD	+1.70%	$2,907.62

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Elsewhere, the sentiment was grim. The altcoins set to be part of a U.S. cryptocurrency reserve, namely XRP XRP/USD, Cardano ADA/USD, and Solana SOL/USD, tumbled 5.76%, 7.45%, and 7.79%, respectively. 

Meme heavyweights Dogecoin DOGE/USD and Shiba Inu SHIB/USD plunged 9% and 2.94%, respectively, while frog-themed Pepe PEPE/USD tanked 8%.

Overall, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization contracted 12% over the week to $2.70 trillion. 

Interestingly, all of this occurred in the week that President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve and hosted the first-ever Crypto Summit at the White House.

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