Sunday, May 19 - most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are rebounding to report moderate to notable gains on the day by press time.
Bitcoin has pushed to just below the $8,000 mark again.
Bitcoin is about eight percent up on the day, trading at $7,928 at press time, according to CoinMarketCap.
Looking at its weekly chart, the coin is up close to 11%. Bitcoin 7-day price chart.
As Cointelegraph reported earlier today in a dedicated analysis, figures published by bitcoin core developer Luke Dashjr show that more than half of the full nodes in the bitcoin network are still running client software vulnerable to an inflation bug discovered in September 2018.Ether is holding onto its position as the largest altcoin by market cap, which currently stands at $27 billion.
CoinMarketCap data shows that ETH is up over 7% over the last 24 hours.
At press time, ETH is trading around $254. On the week, the coin has also seen its value increase by over 35%. Ether 7-day price chart.
On the week, the coin is up over 28%. XRP 7-day price chart.
Among the top 20 cryptocurrencies, the ones reporting two-digit gains are bitcoin cash and dash, up 13% and 10% respectively.
At press time, the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is currently at $247.8 billion, over 18% higher than the value it reported a week ago.
Bitcoin Approaches $8,000 Again as Top Cryptos See Strong Gains
pubblicato su May 19, 2019
by Cointele | pubblicato su Coinage
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