At the time, talk began about expectations of an explosion in cryptocurrency prices after absorbing the consequences of the US Federal Reserve's decision to move interest rates by 25 points.

While the digital currency market launched during the past two days to win nearly 150 billion dollars, it seems that digital currencies stumbled a little in light of the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis, before suddenly turning towards the rise in the last hour's trading.

Today, the markets are awaiting the end of the Russian deadline granted by the Russian Defense Ministry to the Ukrainian forces in the city of Mariupol, before carrying out a massive invasion.

Urgent: A conditional return to stop the collapse

Russian warning
The Russian Defense Ministry called on the Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to surrender their weapons in exchange for a safe passage, and gave them until Monday morning to surrender and hand over the city.

On the other hand, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Irina Vereshchuk, rejected the Russian threat to lay down arms in the city of Mariupol, and stressed that surrender was highly unlikely, and that Ukraine had informed the Russian side of this matter.

Urgent: An emergency and sudden decision

"Put down your weapons," Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, director of Russia's National Center for Defense Management, said in a briefing distributed by the Defense Ministry, referring to Ukrainian nationalists.

He added, "A horrific humanitarian catastrophe is taking place... all those who lay down their arms are guaranteed safe passage out of Mariupol." The Russian defense official added that the humanitarian corridors from Mariupol will open at 10:00 Moscow time (07:00 GMT) on March 21.

Urgent: Sudden and extraordinary explosion

Fear and greed
According to the data of the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, which measures the appetite of cryptocurrency traders, the latest reading continued at fear levels.

The fear and greed index recorded a slight increase in the few hours before the Russian deadline, coinciding with the rise of Bitcoin near the levels of 43,000 dollars, as it jumped to the levels of 30 points, compared to 21 points last Friday.

Urgent: Sudden and extraordinary collapse

market now

Bitcoin fell during these moments of trading today, Monday, in the range of 1% to levels near 41.2 thousand dollars, to reduce some of its morning declines, which amounted to about 3%.

While Ethereum (ETH/USD) trimmed its losses, which approached 4% in early trading, it is now down less than 0.5% at levels above the $2.9 thousand.

Binance Coin BNB/USD succeeded in reducing most of its morning losses, reaching levels near $400, while it is now declining around 0.3%.

Urgent: A frightening ban and a huge rise

On the other hand, Ripple XRP turned up less than 1%, while Terra Lunat/USD extended its gains to more than 3% and Avalanche rose around 4%.

Cardano, Solana and Polkadot all erased their losses with the coins up less than 1% during these moments, while DOGE/USD trimmed their losses to less than 1%.

Urgent: A very violent and sudden decision

The article does not express a recommendation or nomination, but rather a mere monitoring of market fluctuations, as trading in digital currencies involves high risks, including the risk of losing some or all of the investment amount, knowing that it is not completely subject to financial authorities and markets.