Crypto Markets Hold Supporting Levels With Small Fluctuations, BTC Trades Around $6,300

Wednesday, September 19: crypto markets are holding recent gains and fluctuating around previous support levels.

While 16 out of the top 20 altcoins by market cap are seeing some red today, total market cap still hovers around recent levels, according to CoinMarketCap.

Bitcoin is slightly down 0.12 percent over the past 24 hours, still holding the supporting level of $6,300 after dropping below that price point last week.

Bitcoin is trading at around $6,334 at press time, and up about 0.48 percent over the past 7 days.

After having dropped to as low as $127 over the past 7 days, Ethereum is trading at about $208 at press time, which constitutes around 12 percent gains over the week.

Total market cap has been fluctuating around the $199 billion point over the day, currently at about $198 billion.

The general losses among the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap amount to between 2-3 percent, while the 20th top coin Dogecoin has seen a deep decline of 7.8 percent.

The altcoin is trading at $0.0056 at press time, which is also about a 13 percent drop over the past 7 days.

Bitcoin Cash is down almost 3 percent over the past 24 hours, still holding about 0.2 percent over the past 7 days, and trading at about $425. Ripple, the third cryptocurrency ranked by market cap, which had seen the largest gains yesterday, is keeping upward trend today.

XRP is up around 2.5 percent over the past 24 hours, and trading at $0.32, which amounts to almost 24 percent gains over the week.