Ethereum slipped ahead of the Merge event, but Bitcoin (BTC) was up and the most trending cryptocurrency today. Altcoins prices were mixed and the DeFi coins were mostly up.
The global cryptocurrency market went up by 0.5 per cent to $1.06 trillion at 8.30 am. The trading volume was up by 21.94 per cent to $90.08 billion, according to Coinmarketcap data.
The trading volume in the decentralised finance coins section is about $6.44 billion, or 7.15 per cent of the total crypto market’s 24-hour volume. The volume of all stable coins is $83.59 billion, or about 92.79 per cent of the total crypto market volume in the last 24 hours.
The top gainer was Ravencoin (RVN). It was up by 25.11 per cent to $0.06546. The top loser was Terra Classic (LUNC), down 20 per cent at $0.0003271.
Cryptocurrency Prices
Bitcoin: BTC rose 1.99 per cent to $22,200.79.
Bitcoin was trading with gains on September 12, but after 11.54 am, BTC’s price climbed further and managed to break out from the $21,600 levels to $22,200 levels within a span of 2 hours. By evening around 7.44 pm, BTC went up further and continued to create a new high price with each passing hour.