Bitcoin Hovers Over $5,250 as Top Oil Futures See Slight Uptrend

Friday, April 19 - The top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting mixed movements on the day by press time, as bitcoin hovers over the $5,250 mark.

Bitcoin is down a fraction of a percent on the day, trading at $5,264 at press time, according to CoinMarketCap.

Looking at its weekly chart, the coin is over 3.5%. Bitcoin 7-day price chart.

The second-largest altcoin, Ripple, has a market cap of $13.9 billion at press time.

CoinMarketCap data shows that ETH is up over half of a percent over the last 24 hours.

At press time, ETH is trading around $173. On the week, the coin has also seen its value increase by nearly 3.5%. Ethereum 7-day price chart.

At press time, the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is $179 billion, over 3% higher than the value it reported a week ago.

In traditional markets, the United States stock market is seeing little movement so far today, with the S&P 500 up 4.58% and the Nasdaq up 0.02% at press time.

Major oil futures and indexes are a slight uptrend today, with WTI Crude up 0.31%, Brent Crude up 0.49% and Mars US up 0.35% at press time.

The OPEC Basket is also up 1% and the Canadian Crude Index has seen no price change by press time, according to OilPrices.