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Bitcoin Price Breaks $10,100 as Top Altcoins See Gree – Cointelegraph


Sunday, Aug. 25 — Most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are seeing moderate gains on the day while Bitcoin (BTC) circles around the $10,100 mark.

Market visualization courtesy of Coin360

Market visualization courtesy of Coin360

Bitcoin price is up by 1.67% on the day, trading at around $10,135 at press time, according to Coin360. Looking at its weekly chart, the coin is down by about 0.78%.

Bitcoin 7-day price chart

Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360

Ether (ETH) is holding onto its position of the largest altcoin by market capitalization, which currently stands at $20.5 billion. The second-largest altcoin, Ripple’s XRP, has a market cap of $11.8 billion at press time.

Coin360 data shows that ETH’s value increased by about a percent over the last 24 hours. At press time, ETH is trading around $191. On the week, the coin has also gained about 3.24%. 

Ether 7-day price chart

Ether 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360

XRP is up by about 3.3% over the last 24 hours and is currently trading at around $0.275. On the week, the coin is up about 3.77%.

XRP 7-day price chart

XRP 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360

Among the top 20 cryptocurrencies, the only ones seeing losses are Unus Sed Leo (LEO), down 0.73%, Chainlink (LINK), down 0.59%, and Binance Coin (BNB), which is down a fraction of a percent.

At press time, the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is $265.6 billion, about 0.22% higher than the value it reported a week ago.

As Cointelegraph reported yesterday, Ethereum is in a bear market, but Placeholder VC partner Chris Burniske explained why he believes ETH/USD is a great long-term investment.

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