Cryptocurrency prices were mixed with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) rising slightly. Other altcoins such as Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), traded at a loss. Ripple (XRP) was down today, but trading volume jumped by around 400 percent.
Today’s most popular crypto was Viberate (VIB), which is a music analytics platform.
Crypto market capitalization was down about 0.07 percent to $941.69 billion, but trading volume was up 11.86 percent to $78.24 billion, according to data from Coinmarketcap.com at 8:30 a.m.
Today’s top winners were Quant (QNT); it was up 5.95 percent at $142.94. The biggest loser was Celsius (CEL), which traded at $1.35, down 6.61 percent in the last 24 hours through Saturday morning.
Cryptocurrency prices
Bitcoin: BTC rose 0.11 percent to $19,422.87.
Although BTC traded in gains throughout September 30, it began to lose ground sometime around 18.59, which dragged the price down to around $19,265, the lowest price point of the day. But it was a short-lived event as, at around 19:34, it again went well above $20,100 levels within an hour.
Its lowest intraday trade price was $19,265.66, while volume was up 1.68 percent to $41,277,911,364.
Ethereum: Ethereum’s price rose 0.17 percent to $1,331.54 in the last 24 hours through Saturday morning.
ETH’s trading was volatile with the price not moving significantly and remaining range bound between the $1,320 and $1,360 levels. Like BTC, ETH also experienced a drop in price around At 18:59 on September 30 and around 7:34, ETH also bounced right off its intraday low to scale to a new high price point.
The lowest price for ETH was $1,320.38. ETH’s trading volume increased by 5.29 percent to $13,243,231,995.
Other Altcoins: Solana’s (SOL) price fell 3.1 percent to $33.07 today.
Ripple (XRP) fell 1.26 percent to $0.4739 and 24-hour trading volume was up 412.94 percent to $19,371,955,943
Cardano (ADA) fell 0.75 percent to $0.4343. Cardano’s 24-hour trading volume fell 4.94 percent to $528,041,695.
Binance (BNB) was up 0.06 percent at $284.18. Its 24-hour trading volume rose 9.9 percent to $877,160,193.
Meme Coins
Dogecoin (DOGE) rose 2.24 percent to $0.06183. Its 24-hour trading volume increased by 88.44 percent to $442,775,450.
Shiba Inu was up 2.23 percent to $0.00001137.
Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
Yearn.Finance (YFI) rose 0.18 percent to $8,169.45. Its 24-hour trading volume was down 6.24 percent to $30,297,863.
Avalanche (AVAX) fell 0.44 percent to $17.23 and 24-hour trading volume was up 22.66 percent to $264,708,652.
Aave (AAVE) traded down 1.71 percent to $75.31, and 24-hour trading volume was up 26.65 percent to $101,652,249.
