Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were up during morning trading on Friday, with Uniswap
UNIUSD,
seeing the biggest change, rising 6.29% to $5.43.
Seven additional currencies posted increases Friday. Ethereum
ETHUSD,
climbed 1.52% to $2,042.04, and Ripple
XRPUSD,
rose 1.27% to 42 cents.
Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD,
climbed 0.94% to $196.34, while Cardano
ADAUSD,
rose 0.73% to 53 cents. Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
rose 0.22% to $30,342.08.
Dogecoin
DOGEUSD,
and Polkadot
DOTUSD,
rounded out the increases for Friday, with gains of 0.22% to 9 cents and 0.10% to $10.06, respectively.
On the other hand, Litecoin
LTCUSD,
posted the only drop, falling 0.82% to $70.49.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN,
rose 3.25% to $69.61, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR,
rose 2.71% to $216.49. Riot Blockchain Inc.
RIOT,
shares rose 0.70% to $7.18, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA,
sank 0.24% to $10.33.
Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK,
slipped 0.04% to $27.82, while Block Inc.
SQ,
rose 0.20% to $87.31 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA,
fell 1.67% to $697.56.
PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL,
rose 0.74% to $81.88, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A
EBON,
shares rallied 2.12% to 76 cents. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA,
fell 1.33% to $168.97, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD,
slid 0.74% to $96.24.
In the fund space, blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK,
rallied 1.37% to $22.20. The Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, increased 1.07% to $8.38. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, climbed 2.30% to $19.98.
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.