Although the highest prices of cryptocurrencies recorded a decline today, the Bitcoin (BTC) price managed to maintain its level above $65,000. Meanwhile, Ethereum (ETH) price has fallen below the $3,000 level. Additionally, other top altcoins such as Solana (SOL) and XRP also witnessed a slight decline, while Cardano (ADA) rose.
Today's major virtual currency prices
1. Bitcoin price
Bitcoin price fell by 0.52%, As of this writing on Friday, May 17th, it has reached $65,499.97. Meanwhile, trading volume plunged 28.74% to $29.9 billion in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, the market capitalization of virtual currencies was $1.29 trillion.
2. Ethereum price
Ethereum's price fell 1.92% to $2,949.67 at the time of writing, giving it a market valuation of $354.32 billion. Meanwhile, ETH trading volume plummeted by 21.86% to $12.15 billion.
3. Solana Price
Solana price held above the $160 level but fell slightly today.Solana price fell by 0.25%, It was settled for $162.13. Furthermore, SOL's trading volume in the past 24 hours amounted to $3.1 billion, decreasing by 26.47%.
4. XRP Price
Meanwhile, XRP price has fallen below $0.52 again. XRP price fell by 0.23% and reached $0.5175. Meanwhile, XRP trading volume decreased by 8.10% to $1.09 billion.
5. Cardano price
Meanwhile, Cardano crypto price rose by 1.11% today to $0.4645. Meanwhile, ADA recorded a sharp decline of 9.75% in 24-hour trading volume, settling at $361.14 million.
6. Dogecoin and Shiba Inu price
Dogecoin price fell 4.09% to $0.15, while rival Shiba Inu price fell 2.94% to trade at $0.00002436.
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Today’s top crypto earners
- Chain link (link): Chainlink's cryptocurrency price soared 13.25% to trade at $15.78.
- Immutable (IMX): Immutable's price jumped 6.72% to $2.50.
- Arweave (AR): AR price increased by 5.77% to $46.21.
- Hedera (HBAR): HBAR price rose 3.47% to $0.1136.
Today’s Top Cryptocurrency Losers
- Book of Memes (BOME): BOME crypto price decreased by 9.45% to $0.01149.
- Stack (STX): STX price fell 8.16% to $1.97.
- Wormhole (W): The W virtual currency price fell by 5.25% to $0.5353.
- Ethena (ENA): Ethena price fell 4.93% to $0.6919.
Polygon (MATIC), Sui (SUI), and Fantom (FTM) also rose significantly today. However, the overall market trend remained bearish.
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