Friday, Aug. 17: all top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap have seen green today, with (XRP) and up over 15 percent over the past 24 hours, according to .
Market visualization from
(BTC) keeps gaining momentum, seeing a steady growth today with its price hovering around $6,500 point. The top cryptocurrency is trading at $6,495 at press time, up around 3.6 percent over a 24 hour period. Having plunged to as low as $5,961 earlier this week, bitcoin is holding its weekly gains, up almost 7 percent over the week.
bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Cointelegraph
(ETH) has also seen a significant recovery from its recent crash to as low as $259. The top altcoin has restored around 6.5 percent over the past 24 hours, currently trading at around $303 by press time, seeing intraday lows and highs of $284 and $304 respectively.
Ethereum price chart. Source: Cointelegraph
Total market capitalization is up $28 billion from its intraday low as of press time. After a massive sell off this week, crypto markets are now stabilized at around $217 billion. The total number of digital coins listed on is now 1,855.
Total market capitalization chart. Source:
bitcoin’s dominance on the market is slightly down this week after touching 54.3 point on Aug. 14. At press time, the market cap of bitcoin amounts to 51.5 percent, following a small downward move.
Percentage of Total Market Cap (Dominance). Source:
and are seeing the biggest increases in terms of the top ten digital currencies’ gains over a 24 hour period. Ripple is up almost 18 percent and trading at $0.34 at press time, up around 9 percent over the week according to Cointelegraph’s .
Yesterday, Ripple three more crypto exchanges on its cross-border payments solution xRapide within its intention to create a “healthy” ecosystem of digital asset exchange. The company teamed up with such exchanges as the U.S.-based Bittrex, Mexican Bitso, and Filipino Coins.Ph.
EOS has seen growth of almost 16 percent over a 24 hour period. The top fifth cryptocurrency is now trading at $5.29.
Yesterday, major U.S. crypto exchange and wallet service Coinbase now-eleventh top coin by market cap (ETC) in a move to bring higher liquidity to the cryptocurrency. Following the announcement, the coin has surged up to $14.20, and is up a negligible percent over a 24 hour period to press time.
Published at Fri, 17 Aug 2018 21:51:00 +0000
