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Crypto news: ETH surpasses $560bn market cap in record rally

By Daniela Ešnerová


Updated

Ether coin logo
Ether hits a new record high – Photo: Shutterstock

As most of Europe was just waking up this morning, the cryptocurrency market was already in full swing and having a spectacular start to the new week. 

The second largest cryptocurrency, ether, marked yet another new record high of $4,762.30 (£3,531.79) and its total market value broke $560bn, data from CoinMarketCap.com shows. Ether’s value increased tenfold in a year (see chart), as the coin was trading at $435.59 on this day a year ago.

After moving sideways for weeks, bitcoin broke through its resistance level of $64,000, and it was trading between $65,000 and $66,000 early Monday morning (London time). Bitcoin’s 24-hour high was $66,237.74, according to CoinMarketCap.com, just 1.04% shy of its all-time high of $66,930.39, reached last month. 

The global cryptocurrency market capitalisation leaped 4.05% ahead to $2.87trn.

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BTC/USD

90,810.25 Price
+2.310% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
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SOL/USD

217.03 Price
+2.410% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
Spread 2.2652

XRP/USD

0.71 Price
+2.530% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
Spread 0.01168

ETH/USD

3,172.93 Price
+0.280% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
Spread 6.00

Chart of the day: Ether’s value jumped tenfold in a year

Ether's value jumped tenfold in a year.Ether yearly gains – Credit: TradingView

Other cryptocurrency news 

  • Tesla tokens on the cryptocurrency exchange FTX took a hit after electric vehicle maker CEO Elon Musk announced his intention to sell 10% stake in the company 
  • Eric Adams, the incoming mayor of the New York City, told CNN that he wants cryptocurrency to be a part of schools’ curriculum. Asked how he would describe bitcoin, Adams said it is a “new way of paying for goods and services throughout the entire globe,” before adding: “And that’s what we must do – open our schools to teach the technology and teach this new way of thinking.”

Quote of the day

Former hedge fund manager and cryptocurrency enthusiast Mike Novogratz, in response to a claim by the governor of Bank of Canada that bitcoin is not a digital currency and people don’t spend it:

Biggest coins by market capitalisation

As of 08:00 GMT…

  • bitcoin was up 6.73% over the last 24 hours to $65,977.7
  • ether added 3.99% in the same period and was trading at $4,726.8
  • binance coin slipped 2.20% to $643.1 over the last 24 hours, but it was still 21.93% up week-on-week – making it the biggest weekly gainer among the 10 largest digital coins.

Winners and losers

  • The third and fourth virtual currencies by market capitalisation, binance coin and solana, were down 2.2% and 2.82% respectively over the last 24 hours 
  • Shiba Inu continued its downward trend, losing 5.07% over 24 hours. 

Read more: Fake news release takes Bitcoin Cash for 12-minute joyride

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