July 14: crypto markets are holding gains from yesterday’s mild upswing[1], with all top ten cryptocurrencies[2] seeing slight growth over the past 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap[3] and Coin360[4].
Market visualization from Coin360[5]
Bitcoin (BTC)[6] is up just over one percent over the past 24 hours, trading at $6,274 at press time. The leading cryptocurrency has been mostly trading sideways today, holding gains from yesterday’s modest rebound.
Bitcoin price chart. Source: Cointelegraph Bitcoin Price Index[7]
Top altcoin Ethereum (ETH)[8] is trading at about $435, up almost one percent on the day to press time. The top altcoin by market cap is still down over 10 percent over the past week.
Ethereum price chart. Source: Cointelegraph Ethereum Price Index[9]
Total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is hovering near $250 billion, around yesterday’s levels, with an intraday low of $246 billion. Total market cap however has lost almost $30 bln on the week.
Total market capitalization chart. Source: CoinMarketCap[10]
While most top ten cryptocurrencies have seen modest growth of around 1-2 percent over the past 24 hours, some coins have seen bigger gains.
Stellar[11] (XLM), the seventh largest coin by market cap, is currently up almost 5 percent, trading at $0.21 at press time.
Cardano[12] (ADA), the 8th largest coin, is the only one of the top ten coins in the red, down just a slight 0.01 percent over the past 24 hours, trading at $0.138[13]
