Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were up during morning trading on Friday, with Polkadot
DOTUSD,
seeing the biggest change, climbing 1.64% to $5.87.
Six additional currencies posted rises Friday. Litecoin
LTCUSD,
climbed 1.04% to $84.77, and Ethereum
ETHUSD,
rose 0.99% to $1,560.37.
Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
climbed 0.95% to $21,140.23, while Cardano
ADAUSD,
climbed 0.46% to 34 cents. Uniswap
UNIUSD,
rose 0.17% to $6.15.
Dogecoin
DOGEUSD,
which posted the smallest increase, climbed 0.17% to 8 cents.
On the other hand, two cryptos posted decreases, with Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD,
seeing the largest drop at 0.07% to $121.14. Ripple
XRPUSD,
inched down 0.01% to 39 cents.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN,
climbed 1.98% to $50.40, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR,
rose 0.93% to $223.50. Riot Platforms Inc.
RIOT,
shares rose 0.61% to $5.82, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA,
slipped 0.82% to $7.28.
Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK,
increased 3.37% to $20.88, while Block Inc.
SQ,
rose 1.77% to $72.20 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA,
rose 2.26% to $130.05.
PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL,
rose 0.42% to $77.07, and Ebang International Holdings Inc.
EBON,
shares climbed 0.35% to $9.11. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA,
climbed 0.86% to $169.09, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD,
rose 0.42% to $68.01.
In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, climbed 1.50% to $5.15. Blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK,
rose 0.65% to $17.87. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, slipped 0.35% to $11.42.
Editor’s Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
