Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were down during morning trading on Friday, with Litecoin
LTCUSD,
seeing the biggest move, tumbling 2.33% to $133.06.
Seven additional currencies posted decreases Friday. Ripple
XRPUSD,
shed 1.99% to 82 cents, and Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD,
fell 1.40% to $339.94.
Polkadot
DOTUSD,
shed 1.40% to $20.55, while Ethereum
ETHUSD,
sank 0.60% to $3,095.63. Cardano
ADAUSD,
slid 0.46% to $1.16.
Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
and Dogecoin
DOGEUSD,
rounded out the decreases for Friday, dropping 0.39% to $43,582.87 and 0.10% to 15 cents, respectively.
On the other hand, Uniswap
UNIUSD,
posted the only increase among the largest cryptos, rising 0.41% to $11.59.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN,
dropped 1.54% to $201.61, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR,
slipped 0.15% to $430.83. Riot Blockchain Inc.
RIOT,
shares sank 0.05% to $19.26, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA,
slid 0.76% to $28.60.
Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK,
declined 1.12% to $49.33, while Block Inc.
SQ,
increased 6.25% to $115.75 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA,
sank 0.47% to $900.34.
PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL,
climbed 0.14% to $119.19, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A
EBON,
shares slipped 0.61% to $1.56. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA,
shed 1.95% to $253.21, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD,
declined 0.14% to $123.01.
In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, climbed 0.21% to $17.94. Blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK,
sank 0.44% to $35.06. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, dropped 1.29% to $30.60.
Editor’s Note: This story, which tracks nine of the top cryptocurrencies and excludes stable coins, was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones, FactSet and Kraken. See our market data terms of use.
