Bitcoin continues to climb steadily over the $7,000 mark, seeing 2.52 percent gains over the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap.
Bitcoin is trading at about $7,216 at press time, up 7.2 percent over the past week.
The largest cryptocurrency by market cap broke the $7,000 point for the second time this week amidst news from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission reporting a decline in bearish positions for non-commercial Bitcoin futures contracts.
Ethereum is grazing the $300 price point, trading just under it at $299.66, up almost 6 percent over the 24 hour period.
The largest altcoin has, like Bitcoin, also seen about 7 percent growth on the week, though it is still facing 28.7 percent losses on the month.
Total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies has reached $238.4 billion point for the first time since August 8 and is continuing to grow, seeing a slight spike during the hours to press time.
Of the top 25 cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin has seen the most notable growth, up a whopping 41 percent over the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap.
Altcoin Dogecoin has seen a significant upswing since August 30, up a stunning 135 percent in the past three days.
In the top ten coins, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin have seen the most growth, up 14.7 and 8 percent respectively.
The company then confirmed to Cointelegraph that the new service will be only available on its iOS app and will let users trade cryptos including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Dogecoin on their preferred exchanges via an integrated third party service.
Almost All Top 100 Cryptocurrencies Solidly in Green, Dogecoin Skyrockets Over 40%
gepubliceerd op Sep 1, 2018
by Cointele | gepubliceerd op Coinage
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