Cryptocurrency Price Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum See Gains As Shiba Inu Becomes Top Gainer
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) — two of the most valued crypto coins managed to remain above the $29,000 and $18,000 marks, respectively, on early Saturdday morning.
Other popular altcoins including the likes of Litecoin (LTC), Solana (SOL) — landed in the positive as overall prices saw minor gains across the board.
Shiba Inu (SHIB)
emerged to be the biggest gainer, seeing a 24-hour jump of over 9.20 per cent.
THORChain (RUNE), on the other hand, turned out to be the biggest loser.
At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap stood at $1.17 trillion, registering a 24-hour gain of 0.02 per cent.
Bitcoin (BTC) price today
Bitcoin price stood at $29,397.53 seeing a 24-hour gain of 0.04 per cent, as per CoinMarketCap.
According to Indian exchange WazirX, BTC price stood at Rs 25 lakhs.
Ethereum (ETH) price today
ETH price stood at $1,847.11, marking a 24-hour gain of 0.10 per cent at the time of writing.
As per WazirX, Ethereum price in India stood at Rs 1.56 lakhs.
Dogecoin (DOGE) price today
DOGE registered a 24-hour gain of 0.60 per cent as per CoinMarketCap data, currently priced at $0.07609.
As per WazirX, Dogecoin price in India stood at Rs 6.4843.
Litecoin (LTC) price today
Litecoin saw a 24-hour gain of 0.70 per cent.
At the time of writing, it was trading at $83.77. LTC price in India stood at Rs 53.7781.
Ripple (XRP) price today
XRP price stood at $0.6293, seeing a 24-hour loss of 1.39 per cent. As per WazirX, Ripple price stood at Rs 54.0000.
Solana (SOL) price today
Solana price stood at $24.47, marking a 24-hour gain of 1.21 per cent. As per WazirX, SOL price in India stood at Rs 2,050.51.
Top crypto gainers today (August 12)
As per CoinMarketCap data, here are the top five crypto gainers over the past 24 hours:
Shiba Inu (SHIB)Price: $0.0000108624-hour gain: 9.20 per cent
THORChain (RUNE)Price: $1.1424-hour gain: 6.89 per cent
BoneShibaSwap (BONE)Price: $1.7324-hour gain: 6.11 per cent
Frax Share (FXS)Price: $6.4424-hour gain: 4.47 per cent
Toncoin (TON)Price: $1.2924-hour gain: 3.33 per cent
Top crypto losers today (August 12)
As per CoinMarketCap data, here are the top five crypto losers over the past 24 hours:
XDC Network (XDC)Price: $0.0640824-hour loss: 5.03 per cent
Rocket Pool (RPL)Price: $27.3524-hour loss: 3.81 per cent
Curve DAO Token (CRV)Price: $0.593524-hour loss: 2.52 per cent
Synthetix (SNX) Price: $2.5324-hour loss: 2.41 per cent
Hedera (HBAR) Price: $0.05586 24-hour loss: 2.18 per cent
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