Crypto prices storm back after taking hits
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Polygon, Polkadot and Terra led the way as cryptocurrency prices stormed back Tuesday after taking hard hits in recent days.
The three rally leaders were all up more than 10%, according to Market Cap. Polygon rose more than 12% at one point, while Polkadot and Terra gains exceeded 11% and 10%, respectively.
Bitcoin rises more than 3%
On Tuesday, Bitcoin rose more than 3% while approaching $52,000 (£39,269), before receding slightly. The world’s most valuable digital currency generated a volume of $34.9bn as 685,482 units traded.
Ethereum and Binance, the second and third most valuable crypto assets dollar-wise, saw modest increases as their gains straddled the 1% line.
Tether and Solana, the fourth and five-largest digital coins in terms of market capitalisation, declined marginally – as did USD coin, a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar.
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Shiba Inu up about 2%
Closely watched memecoin Shiba Inu, which is named after the same dog breed as Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s puppy, rose more than 2% on volume of $2bn.
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance and Tether combined for $140.56bn in trading volume.
Meanwhile, Spell generated plenty of buzz on Twitter as the meme token began trading on the Coinbase platform. Spell rose more than 41% while posting a 24-hour trading volume of $262.8m.
The chatter circulated among self-described analysts who use aliases, instead of their actual names, for Twitter handles. One observer’s post showed a rocket blasting off.
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