Saturday, April 6 - most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight losses on the day by press time, as Bitcoin hovers near the $5,000 mark.
Bitcoin's price has seen a gain of half a percent on the day, trading at around $5,004 by press time, according to CoinMarketCap.
Looking at its weekly chart, the current price is a solid 18% higher than $4,095, the price at which Bitcoin started the week.
The second-largest altcoin, Ripple, has a market cap of about $14.7 billion by press time.
ETH is down by 0.38% over the last 24 hours.
At press time, ETH is trading around $163, after having started the day at the same price.
On its weekly chart, ETH has seen its value increase by over 12%.Ethereum 7-day price chart.
Second-largest altcoin Ripple has lost three percent over the 24 hours to press time, and is currently trading at around $0.354.
Looking at the coin's weekly chart, its current price is over 12% higher than the price at which it started the week.
The total market cap of all cryptocurrencies is currently equivalent to $174.6 billion, which is almost 18% higher than $143.4 billion, the value it saw one week ago.
Bitcoin Hovers Over $5,000 as Top Cryptos See Losses
Published on Apr 6, 2019
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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