Cryptocurrency Market Update – 2.19.18
Market News
Lenovo looking to use Blockchain as part of Validation Process
Chinese giant Lenovo is filing a new patent which suggests that a blockchain technology could become a part of a system to validate physical documents. This set-up could use digital signatures that are coded into physical document that can be “read” by computing devices to verify the authenticity of a document. To find out more, click here.
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ACCC got more than 1,200 Complaints about Crypto Scams in 2017
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country’s consumer rights watchdog, reportedly got more 1,289 complaints related to cryptocurrency scams and fraud in 2017. To read the full story, click here.
Bitcoin Bottom May Finally be confirmed
After a difficult start to 2018 during which time Bitcoin lost more than 60% of its value, things seem to be looking up and Bitcoin may have finally found a bottom. To find out more on this story, click here
Total Market Cap
The total cryptocurrency trading volume for the last 24 hours is $19.28 billion with a current market cap of $501.96 billion. The dominant cryptocurrency remains the Bitcoin with a 37.1% share.
Bitcoin Price Analysis
At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is at $11,023.90, representing a gain of 1.33% in the last 24 hours. Total trading volume for the cryptocurrency is $7.42 billion. Bitcoin’s market cap at this time is $186.01 billion.
Ethereum Price Analysis
Ethereum’s current price is at $950.83, which represents a gain of 0.10% in the last 24 hours. Trading volume for the altcoin has been at about $2.18 billion in that time period and its market cap is at $92.90 billion.
State of the Top 20 Cryptocurrencies
**All data given below is for the last 24 hours.
- Bitcoin is trading at $11,023.90, up 1.33%. BTC’s market cap is currently $186.01 billion.
- Ethereum is trading at $950.83, up 0.10%. ETH’s market cap is currently $92.90 billion.
- Ripple is trading at $1.15, up 0.87%. XRP’s market cap is currently $44.97 billion.
- Bitcoin Cash is trading at $1,527.79, down 0.92%. BCH’s market cap is currently $25.93 billion.
- Litecoin is trading at $223.21, down 0.39%. LTC’s market cap is currently $12.34 billion.
- Cardano is trading at $0.391, down 0.50%. ADA’s market cap is currently $10.14 billion.
- NEO is trading at $136.57, up 3.90%. NEO’s market cap is currently $8.87 billion.
- Stellar is trading at $0.457315, down 0.70%. XLM’s market cap is currently $8.44 billion.
- EOS is trading at $9.70, down 0.70%. EOS’s market cap is currently $6.59 billion.
- IOTA is trading at $2.12, up 1.43%. MIOTA’s market cap is currently $5.88 billion.
- Dash is trading at $714.41, down 0.01%. DASH’s market cap is currently $5.63 billion.
- Monero went up one place and is trading at $312.58, up 0.49%. XMR’s market cap is currently $4.91 billion.
- NEM is trading at $0.529180, down 3.87%. XEM’s market cap is currently $4.76 billion.
- Ethereum Classic went up two places and is trading at $37.69, up 13.62%. ETC’s market cap is currently $3.76 billion.
- Lisk is trading at $30.08, down 3.18%. LSK’s market cap is currently $3.55 billion.
- TRON is trading at $0.052267, down 2.63%. TRX’s market cap is currently $3.43 billion.
- VeChain is trading at $5.91, up 4.97%. VEN’s market cap is currently $2.80 billion.
- Qtum is trading at $32.47, up 2.20%. QTUM’s market cap is currently $2.39 billion.
- Bitcoin Gold is trading at $136.59, up 0.43%. BTG’s market cap is currently $2.29 billion.
- Tether continues to trade flat at $1.00. USDT’s market cap is currently $2.22 billion.