Crypto markets are seeing mostly green today, July 21, continuing the momentum of this week’s upswing[1]. The top ten altcoins are solidly regaining strength today, up as much 8 percent, according to Coin360[2], with Bitcoin[3] (BTC) only slightly in the green, hovering near yesterday’s levels.
Market visualization from Coin360[4]
The top cryptocurrency is currently trading at $7,426 at press time, up just under 1 percent on the day. Bitcoin saw an intraday low of $7,246.
Low point in Bitcoin’s 24-hours chart. Source: Cointelegraph Bitcoin Price Index[5]
Top altcoin Ethereum[6] (ETH) has seen more significant growth over the past 24 hours, up almost 5 percent and trading at $466 at press time. The altcoin is holding weekly gains of almost 8 percent, peaking at over $500 on July 18.
Ethereum weekly price chart. Source: Cointelegraph Ethereum Price Index[7]
Total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is hovering around $282-283 bln, currently at $282.7, up about 2 percent over the past 24 hours to press time. Total market cap is down from this week’s peak of almost $300 bln.
Total market capitalization chart. Source: CoinMarketCap[8]
Among the top ten cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap, Stellar[9] (XLM) and IOTA[10] (MIOTA) are up the most on the day, seeing over 7 and almost 5 percent growth respectively.
Other than stablecoin Tether, Cardano[11] (ADA) is seeing the least 24-hour growth of the top ten coins, up only 1.53 percent. Cardona is however seeing major growth on the week, boasting a whopping 23
