After a relatively to the month in the crypto market, the total market cap of all cryptocurrencies has again broken $500 bln today, Feb. 17, according to . The total market cap is currently around $502 bln at press time.
(BTC) has stayed well above the , currently trading at about $10,830 and up almost 7 percent over a 24-hour period by press time. (ETH) is inching closer to passing the $1000 threshold, trading at $969, up almost 3 percent over a 24-hour period by press time.
Of the top ten coins listed on CoinMarketCap, only (LTC) is in the red, down about 3 percent at press time. Earlier week following the announcement of the upcoming launch of a LTC-fiat payment service, and a planned hard fork that Litecoin creator called a “scam”. LTC is currently trading at around $227.
The steady uptick in prices may have prompted by the bullish news that an anonymous trader purchased around 41,000 bitcoin between Feb. 9 and Feb. 12, worth around $440 mln today, reported. The purchase reportedly brought the BTC address total up to over 96,000 BTC, or little over $1 bln.
Published at Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:53:18 +0000
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