The top cryptocurrency Bitcoin is trading around $3,944, having lost just 1 percent on the day at press time.
Bitcoin's weekly and monthly gains are positive, at about 8.92 percent and 5.1 percent respectively.
Top altcoin Ethereum is trading around $145.38 at press time, down around 1.42 percent over the past 24 hours.
Earlier today, the coin saw an upswing to $149.26, after which has been reporting a gradual decline over the course of the day.
Ripple has dropped by 2.54 percent on the day, and is trading at $0.319 at press time.
Ripple has secured a weekly growth of around 5 percent, while over the month the altcoin has lost 3.15 percent.
The major losers among the top 20 coins over the day are NEO, Cardano, and Litecoin, which are down by 5.62 percent, 5.10 percent, and 4.15 percent respectively.
Total market capitalization of all digital currencies is around $133 billion, while at the beginning of the day the figure was around $135 billion.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has seen a decline by 141 points today, while the S&P 500 dropped by 0.47 percent, led lower by the energy and health care sectors.
The Nasdaq Composite has also seen a decline on the day by around 0.5 percent.
Crypto Markets Show Slight Decline, as Do Dow Jones Industrial and S&P 500
pubblicato su Feb 21, 2019
by Cointele | pubblicato su Coinage
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