Ethereum Eyes $1k, Dogecoin Down 19%

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What Occurred: Ethereum (ETH), the second main cryptocurrency by market cap, has gained over 18.19% within the final 24 hours and was buying and selling at $951.85 at press time, with a present capitalization at over $103 billion.

The worth of ETH has been going up since Dec. 24, simply after it fell to $572, in keeping with TradingView knowledge. Its all-time excessive was reached in January 2018, when the value soared to $1,432.

Gemini crypto alternate founder and billionaire Cameron Winklevoss touted Ethereum’s energy in a tweet on Friday.  

$ETH was one of the best performing asset (up 450%) of 2020 fingers down and nonetheless under its all-time excessive. Right this moment it’s the equal of 15Okay #Bitcoin I might take that wager all day lengthy

— Cameron Winklevoss (@cameron) January 1, 2021

What Occurred To Dogecoin: In the meantime, after its 125% meteoric rise in in the future yesterday, Dogecoin (DOGE) was buying and selling at $zero.0106 at press time, down 10% for the reason that excessive of $zero.0133 that it hit Saturday.

Dogecoin is presently ranked 26th amongst eight,164 cryptocurrencies in circulation, in keeping with CoinMarketCap.

It beforehand rose 20% after Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk tweeted about it on Dec. 20.

Complete Crypto Market: Total, the cryptocurrency market capitalization has reached $873 billion as of right this moment, with the highest ten cryptocurrencies within the inexperienced at press time, together with Tether (USDT), XRP, Litecoin (LTC) and Polkadot (DOT).

Additionally, Bitcoin right this moment hit one other all-time excessive, surpassing $34,000 for a interval through the day.

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