Bitcoin Price Holds $10,000 as Top Cryptos See Mixed Movements

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Saturday, Aug. 3 - the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting mixed movements on the day by press time, as Bitcoin broke the $10,750 mark again.

Bitcoin price is currently up by 3.15% on the day, trading at around $10,778 at press time, according to Coin360.

Looking at its weekly chart, the coin is up by about 9.56%. Bitcoin 7-day price chart.

As Cointelegraph reported yesterday, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that the future of crypto is pluralist in response to a recent proposal of mixing Bitcoin Lightning Network with Ethereum.

Ether is holding onto its position as the largest altcoin by market cap, which currently stands at $23.5 billion.

The second-largest altcoin, Ripple's XRP, has a market cap of $13.1 billion at press time.

At press time, ETH is trading around $221. On the week, the coin has also gained about 0.91% of its value.

XRP is down by a fraction of a percent over the last 24 hours and is currently trading at around $0.312.

On the week, the coin is down about 3.4%. XRP 7-day price chart.

Among the top 20 cryptocurrencies, the only ones reporting gains other than Bitcoin are Tezos, which is up about 7.88%, Binance Coin, which is up about 3.73%, Litecoin, which is up about 2.83%, and Bitcoin Cash, up 0.13%. At press time, the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is $290.5 billion, about 10.8% lower than the value it reported a week ago.

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