Cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin, Ether fail to gain momentum as trade volumes remain low

Cryptocurrency prices have changed marginally over the past 24 hours due to low trading volume. Check the latest cryptocurrency and trends.

There has been a dip in the trade volumes of most popular cryptocurrencies after a major wave of profit booking last week. (Photo: Reuters)

Cryptocurrency prices failed to gain momentum over the past 24 hours due to the low volume of trade. Only a few smaller virtual coins managed to gain slightly, but the overall crypto market remains rangebound.

Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, was trading at $48,984.87 or 0.65 per cent lower than its price 24 hours ago at 1:50 pm. The market capitalisation of Bitcoin stood at $926 billion. The trading volume over the past 24 hours was 878.14 million.

Ether, the native token on the Ethereum platform, was trading just above $4,000 or 0.97 per cent lower than its price 24 hours ago. The market capitalisation of Ether stood at $471 billion and the 24-hour trade volume was $851.38 million.

There has been a dip in the trade volumes of most popular cryptocurrencies after a major wave of profit booking last week. All other smaller cryptocurrencies are also trading in negative territory, leaving only a few which gained.

Commenting on the weak momentum over the past 24 hours, Edul Patel, CEO and Co-founder, Mudrex – A Global Algorithm Based Crypto Investment Platform, said Bitcoin’s dominance rose over 41 per cent despite low trade volumes. However, most other top cryptocurrencies remain range-bound.

“Over the past 24 hours, the traded volumes were low, and yet Bitcoin dominance rose over 41%. Most of the other top cryptos remained range-bound,” he said.

“The crypto market does not have a clear directional momentum at the moment,” he added.

Here are the latest prices and trends of popular cryptocurrencies:

Cryptocurrency

Price (US Dollar)

24-hour change

Market cap

Volume (24 Hours)

Bitcoin

48,219.81

-2.90%

$910.79 billion

$1.24 billion

Ether

4,086.17

-6.71%

$480.20 billion

$1.35 billion

Dogecoin

0.168074

-4.18%

$22.21 billion

$915.60 million

Litecoin

151.11

-6.17%

$10.45 billion

$86.37 million

XRP

0.833631

-1.95%

$83.35 billion

$4.64 billion

Cardano

1.29

-6.19%

$$42.36 billion

$$178.31 million

DISCLAIMER: The cryptocurrency prices have been updated as of 12:30 pm and will change as the day progresses. The list is intended to give a rough idea regarding popular cryptocurrency trends and will be updated daily.

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