Prices of major cryptocurrencies rose sharply on Thursday. All popular virtual coins rose as Bitcoin and Ether led the charge.<\/p>\n
Bitcoin, the worlds largest cryptocurrency, was trading at $57,622, rising more than 4 per cent in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the most popular altcoin, Ether, was trading at $3,612 or more than 4 per cent higher.<\/p>\n
Most other altcoins were also trading on the green side, including XRP, Cardano, Polkadot, Stellar, Dogecoin, Polygon and Litecoin.<\/p>\n
The global crypto market cap increased more than 2 per cent to $2.38 trillion compared to last day. However, the total crypto market volume soared over 10 per cent to $115.60 billion.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the gains, Edul Patel, CEO and Co-founder of Mudrex, a global algorithm-based crypto investment platform, said, \"Over the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency markets have witnessed high volumes which resulted in the price increase of major altcoins after days of consolidation.\"<\/p>\n
\"The largest cryptocurrency by market cap - bitcoin, which had a massive rally in the past week, has continued its rise and new ATH after 12th May. Many altcoins have performed well and the growth across sectors is impressive,\" Patel added.<\/p>\n
Cryptocurrency<\/p>\n
Price (US Dollar)<\/p>\n
24-hour change<\/p>\n
Market cap<\/p>\n
Volume (24 Hours)<\/p>\n
Bitcoin<\/p>\n
57.622.91<\/p>\n
4.38%<\/p>\n
$1.09 trillion<\/p>\n
$1.57 billion<\/p>\n
Ether<\/p>\n
3,612.58<\/p>\n
4.63%<\/p>\n
$425.14 billion<\/p>\n
$919.93 million<\/p>\n
Dogecoin<\/p>\n
0.234936<\/p>\n
5.41%<\/p>\n
$30.89 billion<\/p>\n
$1.38 billion<\/p>\n
Litecoin<\/p>\n
179.04<\/p>\n
5.63%<\/p>\n
$12.31 billion<\/p>\n
$87.58 million<\/p>\n
XRP<\/p>\n
1.12<\/p>\n
3.35%<\/p>\n
$112.37 billion<\/p>\n
$4.65 billion<\/p>\n
Cardano<\/p>\n
2.17<\/p>\n
3.68%<\/p>\n
$70.51 billion<\/p>\n
$174.18 million<\/p>\n
DISCLAIMER: The cryptocurrency prices have been updated as of 12:40 pm and will change as the day progresses. The list is intended to give a rough idea about popular cryptocurrency trends and will be updated daily.<\/p>\n
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