Cryptocurrency markets are doing better this week since our last markets update as the entire digital asset economy is now valued at around $270.4Bn. Most digital currencies are up between 7-25 percent over the last seven days and trade volumes have picked up over the last week as well. The trend reversal has given enthusiasts and traders a bit more optimism as most cryptocurrency markets seem to be rebounding back from the recent correction of close to 70 percent since the highs last December.
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Cryptocurrency Markets See Brighter Skies This July
With about $16.5Bn in 24-hour trade volume, the 1600+ cryptocurrencies within the digital asset economy have seen some big improvements since last week. A few days ago the cryptocurrency space saw some northbound action after dumping non-stop over the last six months. At the moment the top digital assets by trade volume include bitcoin core (BTC), tether (USDT), ethereum (ETH), EOS, and bitcoin cash (BCH). These five assets are up between 0.5 to 2 percent over the last 24 hours.
BTC Market Action
BTC market action has seen some increased trade volume today on July 6, 2018, as markets are averaging around $5.23Bn. The cryptocurrency’s market valuation is hovering at $114Bn and BTC is up around 11.7 percent over the last seven days. The top five exchanges swapping the most BTC today are Bigone, Binance, ZB.com, Huobi, and Okex. At the moment the Japanese yen is capturing around 48.2 percent of BTC trades. This is followed by Tether (USDT 36.7%), USD (9.6%), KRW (1.9%), EUR (1.3%). The most popular trade on the peer-to-peer exchange Shapeshift this Friday is ETH for BTC.
