Crypto Markets Are Mostly in Green, Ethereum Regains Top Altcoin Position

Bitcoin is still over $3,800 mark, while Ethereum has regained the top altcoin position.

Proof of Keys - a celebration when BTC holders temporarily withdraw their funds from all exchanges and mediators - is coming in just a few hours, and BTC has gained about 3 percent in price since the beginning of Jan. 2.

ETH has yet again beaten Ripple as the world's major altcoin by market capitalization after spending several weeks on the third place.

The altcoin's market cap reached almost $15.8 billion at press time, surpassing XRP's market cap by almost $1 billion.

ETH is now traded around $150, gaining more than 13 percent in price in comparison to yesterday's charts.

XRP, the third-top altcoin, is trading at $0.36, seeing a slight growth in price during the day.

The coin's market cap is around $14.9 billion.

The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies has climbed up to $132 billion, $2 billion away from its weekly high of $134.3 billion reached on Sunday, Dec. 30.

All of the other altcoins from the top 20 are in the green today, with EOS, Cardano and IOTA having the most visible price increases with 5.1, 5.5 and 7.2 percent on the day respectively.

In the meantime, the crypto community is discussing the accusations against crypto exchange HitBTC, which allegedly froze the accounts of several of its users in the wake of the Proof of Keys campaign.