Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were down during morning trading on Wednesday, with Litecoin
LTCUSD,
seeing the biggest change, falling 1.72% to $49.81.
Seven additional currencies posted decreases Wednesday. Dogecoin
DOGEUSD,
dropped 1.47% to 7 cents, and Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
declined 1.36% to $20,181.18.
Ethereum
ETHUSD,
fell 1.36% to $1,139.11, while Uniswap
UNIUSD,
slid 1.00% to $5.35. Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD,
slipped 0.67% to $106.00.
Ripple
XRPUSD,
and Cardano
ADAUSD,
rounded out the decreases for Wednesday, dropping 0.55% to 32 cents and 0.23% to 46 cents, respectively.
On the other hand, Polkadot
DOTUSD,
posted the only increase among the largest cryptos, rising 0.23% to $6.92.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN,
climbed 0.22% to $55.53, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR,
rallied 2.73% to $192.81. Riot Blockchain Inc.
RIOT,
shares shed 1.06% to $4.68, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA,
dropped 1.48% to $5.98.
Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK,
declined 2.48% to $27.37, while Block Inc.
SQ,
slipped 0.14% to $66.64 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA,
sank 0.78% to $693.77.
PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL,
slipped 0.31% to $74.17, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A
EBON,
shares declined 1.67% to 45 cents. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA,
rose 0.41% to $150.26, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD,
slipped 0.31% to $74.51.
In the fund space, blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK,
slid 0.29% to $18.95. The Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, shed 1.48% to $5.99. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, declined 1.78% to $12.70.
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.
