Thursday, October 23: Crypto markets continue to remain stable, with variations that according to CoinMarketCap are mostly around the percentage point.
Graph provided by Coin360
Bitcoin (BTC) has risen just 0.08% since the last 24 hours, and at the time of writing this article is traded at $6,487.77. Today the most famous crypto currency in the world reached a minimum of $6,454 and a maximum of $6,506. On the weekly chart the Bitcoin lost about 1.7%, returning to the levels of October 19.
Daily chart of Bitcoin. Source: Cointelegraph's Bitcoin Price Index
Ethereum (ETH), the second crypto currency in terms of market capitalization, gained 2.95% from yesterday, ending up at $206. The altcoin recorded its weekly record on October 16, when it reached $210.
Daily chart of Ethereum. Source: Cointelegraph's Ethereum Price Index
Ripple (XRP), the third crypto currency in terms of capitalisation, suffered slight losses. The currency is down 0.52%, with a price of $0.46. On the weekly chart, the crypto currency lost about 6%.
Daily Ripple chart. Source: Cointelegraph's Ripple Price Index
The total market capitalization is around $209 billion. Over the past seven days, this value has remained almost stable, reaching a maximum of $212.
The daily volume of transactions is about 10 billion dollars. It seems that CoinMarketCap has removed some crypto currencies from its index: the total number of coins on the portal fell from 2112 to 2056.
Weekly chart of total market capitalization. Source: CoinMarketCap
Among the currencies of the top 20 stands VeChain (VET), the nineteenth crypto currency in terms of capitalization, up 6.85% with a quote of $ 0.011.