As the price of Bitcoin (BTC) approached $67,000, the leading cryptocurrency values of the day recovered. Furthermore, the cost of Ethereum (ETH) soared above $3,100. Furthermore, the favourable mood was echoed by other prominent altcoins, including Cardano (ADA), XRP, and Solana (SOL).
Current Cryptocurrency Major Prices
1. Bitcoin
By the time this article was written on Saturday, May 18, the price of Bitcoin had increased by 2.21% to $66,903.49. However, the previous day, its trading volume fell 8.66% to $27.32 billion. At the same time, the market capitalization of cryptocurrencies was $1.31 trillion.
2. Ethereum
At press time, the price of Ethereum had surged by 5.18% to $3,109.70, giving it a market valuation of $373.42 billion. In contrast, ETH experienced a 21.91% increase in trading volume, reaching $14.82 billion.
3. Solana
Today, the price of Solana has exceeded $170, a significant milestone. The cost of Solana increased by 6.34% to $172.65. Furthermore, SOL’s transaction volume increased by 9.76% over the past day to $3.40 billion.
4. XRP
Meanwhile, the price of XRP once more surpassed $0.52. It increased by 1.21% to $0.5238. However, XRP’s trading volume fell to $943.78 million, a 13.79% decrease.
5. Cardano
Today, Cardano’s cryptocurrency price increased by 4.16% to $0.4838. On the other hand, ADA’s 24-hour trading volume increased by 16.67% to $421.30 million.
6. Shiba Inu & Dogecoin Prices
Dogecoin’s price increased 3.75% to $0.1557, while that of its competitor, Shiba Inu, increased 2.25% to $0.00002491.
Today’s Top Crypto Gainers
Ondo (ONDO): At $1.03, the ONDO cryptocurrency saw a 17.06% increase in value.
Gnosis (GNO): At $304.50, the price of Gnosis increased by 14.43%.
Pendle (PENDLE): Pendle saw a 14.20% increase in price to $4.96.
Ordi (ORDI): At $41.86, the ORDI’s price increased by 13.70%.
Today’s Top Crypto Losers
Immutable (IMX): At $2.40, the price of the Immutable cryptocurrency fell 3.56%.
Floki (FLOKI): At $0.0002079, the FLOKI cryptocurrency price decreased by 3.25%.
Toncoin (TONNE): At $6.46, the price of TONNE decreased by 3.18%.
Beam (BEAM): The Beam price fell to $0.02471, a decrease of 1.46%.
Today’s gains were also notable for Ethereum Classic (ETC), Sui (SUI), Jupiter (JUP), and Fantom (FTM). In addition, a few cryptocurrencies that had declined throughout the previous day had a return within a single hour.