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Bitcoin (BTC) is trading near stability this Tuesday (18) after the President's Day holiday in the United States. The largest cryptocurrency appears to have been less affected than the rest of the market by investors' bad mood over the scandal involving the memecoin $LIBRA, which rose to a market value of US$4.5 billion when promoted by Argentina's president, Javier Milei, and then plummeted amid suspicions that it was a scam.

Also on the radar, the subsidiary of the bankrupt exchange FTX in the Bahamas begins paying its creditors today. The Coindesk website notes that the company's payment program totals US$16 billion.

At around 10:34 am (Brasília time), bitcoin is trading stable over 24 hours, quoted at US$ 96,226, and ether, the digital currency of the Ethereum network, is down 2.7%, at US$ 2,693, according to data from CoinGecko. The combined market value of all cryptocurrencies in the world is US$ 3.29 trillion. In reais, bitcoin is slightly up 0.1% to R$ 552,111, according to values ​​provided by Cointrader Monitor.