Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were up during morning trading on Friday, with Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD,
seeing the biggest change, rising 3.89% to $127.50.
Six additional currencies posted gains Friday. Polkadot
DOTUSD,
rose 1.77% to $7.67, and Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
rallied 1.28% to $23,430.52.
Ethereum
ETHUSD,
rose 0.87% to $1,600.55, while Litecoin
LTCUSD,
rose 0.50% to $58.45. Uniswap
UNIUSD,
climbed 0.11% to $7.24.
Cardano
ADAUSD,
which posted the smallest increase, rose 0.11% to 50 cents.
On the other hand, two cryptos posted decreases, with Ripple
XRPUSD,
seeing the largest drop at 0.92% to 36 cents. Dogecoin
DOGEUSD,
slipped 0.11% to 7 cents.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN,
slid 0.39% to $73.70, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR,
slid 0.85% to $287.25. Riot Blockchain Inc.
RIOT,
shares dropped 1.12% to $7.54, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA,
shed 1.19% to $13.33.
Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK,
dropped 2.68% to $28.55, while Block Inc.
SQ,
fell 1.20% to $73.86 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA,
climbed 1.55% to $827.77.
PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL,
slid 0.56% to $82.29, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A
EBON,
shares rose 2.33% to 58 cents. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA,
fell 2.91% to $175.24, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD,
declined 0.56% to $88.91.
In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, rose 0.13% to $8.20. Blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK,
slipped 0.46% to $21.86. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, increased 1.99% to $15.34.
Editor’s Note: This story, which tracks nine of the top cryptocurrencies and excludes stable coins, was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones, FactSet and Kraken. See our market data terms of use.
