Market Update 2.17.18 – Coincheck Customers are Suing

Market News

Coincheck Customers Sue Company over Frozen Withdrawals

7 customers of Coincheck have filed a lawsuit against the company at the Tokyo District Court. After the cryptocurrency exchange was hacked for $530 million worth of NEM tokens, Coincheck froze all withdrawals for several hours. Unfortunately, by doing so, the ensuing volatility saw customers’ investments shirk rapidly as prices began to fall. To read the rest of the story, click here.

Atari to Invest in Cryptocurrency

Bloomberg reported on Thursday that Atari SA, the French company that owns the iconic Atari Inc., the maker of legendary video games such as Tetris and Pac Man, announced that it was planning to invest in cryptocurrencies. To find out more, click here.

Financial Services Agency in Japan to Inspect 15 Unregistered Crypto Exchanges

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has cracked down hard on cryptocurrency exchanges in the aftermath of the massive $530 million crypto heist a few weeks ago. To read more, click here.

Total Market Cap

The total cryptocurrency trading volume for the last 24 hours is $20.04 billion with a current market cap of $498.84 billion. The dominant cryptocurrency remains the Bitcoin with a 35.7% share.

Bitcoin Price Analysis

At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is at $10,560.20, representing a gain of 7.40% in the last 24 hours. Total trading volume for the cryptocurrency is $7.38 billion. Bitcoin’s market cap at this time is $178.14 billion.

Ethereum Price Analysis

Ethereum’s current price is at $966.12, which represents a gain of 4.42% in the last 24 hours. Trading volume for the altcoin has been at about $2.38 billion in that time period and its market cap is at $94.35 billion.

State of the Top 20 Cryptocurrencies

**All data given below is for the last 24 hours.

• Bitcoin is trading at $10,560.20, up 7.40%. BTC’s market cap is currently $178.14 billion.
• Ethereum is trading at $966.12, up 4.42%. ETH’s market cap is currently $94.35 billion.
• Ripple is trading at $1.15, up 2.68%. XRP’s market cap is currently $44.84 billion.
• Bitcoin Cash is trading at $1,551.21, up 4.42%. BCH’s market cap is currently $26.32 billion.
• Litecoin is trading at $231.24, up 8.86%. LTC’s market cap is currently $12.77 billion.
• Cardano is trading at $0.407, up 3.46%. ADA’s market cap is currently $10.23 billion.
• NEO has gone up one spot and is trading at $139.17, up 15.28%. NEO’s market cap is currently $9.04 billion.
• Stellar is trading at $0.480832, up 8.55%. XLM’s market cap is currently $8.86 billion.
• EOS is trading at $10.14, up 3.15%. EOS’s market cap is currently $6.83 billion.
• IOTA is trading at $2.17, up 7.43%. MIOTA’s market cap is currently $6.03 billion.
• Dash is trading at $720.27, up 4.46%. DASH’s market cap is currently $5.68 billion.
• NEM is trading at $0.590125, up 6.37%. XEM’s market cap is currently $5.31 billion.
• Monero is trading at $319.80, up 10.70%. XMR’s market cap is currently $5.03 billion.
• Lisk is trading at $34.22, up 8.81%. LSK’s market cap is currently $4.04 billion.
• Ethereum Classic is trading at $34.94, up 6.04%. ETC’s market cap is currently $3.49 billion.
• TRON is trading at $0.052636, up 11.08%. TRX’s market cap is currently $3.46 billion.
• VeChain is trading at $5.92, up 2.25%. VEN’s market cap is currently $2.78 billion.
• Qtum is trading at $33.46, up 3.98%. QTUM’s market cap is currently $2.47 billion.
• Bitcoin Gold went up one place and is trading at $141.78, up 3.79%. BTG’s market cap is currently $2.38 billion.
• Tether continues to trade flat at $1.00. USDT’s market cap is currently $2.22 billion.