Crypto of the day: positive trend in the market, Ethereum is rising, and here is what happened to Bitcoin
The crypto market has been trading in a positive trend over the last 24 hours. Bitcoin maintains its status at the top with a moderate increase, here is what happened to the other currencies.
The leading and strongest currency in the market, Bitcoin (BTC), continues to demonstrate dominance. In the last 24 hours, the currency recorded an increase of 2.19%, which placed its price at 78,670.1 dollars. Its market cap currently totals 1.58 trillion dollars. Following it in the ranking is Ethereum (ETH), the second most important currency, which is currently trading for 2,427.58 dollars. Ethereum shows a positive trend with a daily climb of 1.37%, and its market cap stands at 294.91 billion dollars.
In the arena of stablecoins pegged to the dollar, the picture is, as expected, solid. Tether USDT is trading at the level of 1.0001 dollars, with a marginal increase of 0.01% and a market cap of 183.32 billion dollars. Similarly, USDC is also trading around 1.0003 dollars, while recording a change of +0.01% and holding a market cap of 73.65 billion dollars.
The most impressive gains in the last day at the top of the table are provided by BNB and Ripple. The BNB currency, from the Binance exchange, shows a jump of 4.10% which raised its price to 712.90 dollars, which puts its market cap at 94.81 billion dollars. The one closing the list of leaders with the sharpest surge is Ripple, which recorded a notable daily increase of 5.08%. The price of Ripple climbed to 1.3948 dollars, and its market cap stabilizes at 87.18 billion dollars.
