Most large cryptocurrencies climb on Ethereum, Polkadot increases

Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were up during morning trading on Friday, with Ethereum
ETHUSD
seeing the biggest change, rising 2.65% to $1,223.00.

Six additional currencies posted rises Friday. Polkadot
DOTUSD
climbed 1.96% to $6.87, and Dogecoin
DOGEUSD
climbed 1.36% to 6 cents.

Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD
rallied 1.26% to $104.53, while Litecoin
LTCUSD
rose 1.12% to $51.61. Ripple
XRPUSD
rose 0.93% to 33 cents.

Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
which posted the smallest increase, rose 0.93% to $20,851.45.

On the other hand, two cryptos posted decreases, with Uniswap
UNIUSD
seeing the largest drop at 0.46% to $6.93. Cardano
ADAUSD
inched down 0.20% to 44 cents.

In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN
increased 2.38% to $54.69, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR
rose 1.32% to $207.29. Riot Blockchain Inc.
RIOT
shares rose 3.66% to $5.51, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA
increased 2.75% to $8.22.

Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK
climbed 2.30% to $25.81, while Block Inc.
SQ
rose 2.45% to $63.95 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA
increased 1.24% to $723.77.

PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL
climbed 2.85% to $71.54, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A
EBON
shares fell 1.87% to 55 cents. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA
climbed 1.84% to $156.56, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD
climbed 2.85% to $78.75.

In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, rose 0.93% to $6.21. Blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK
rose 0.57% to $19.01. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, rallied 1.83% to $13.37.


Editor’s Note: This story, which tracks nine of the top cryptocurrencies and excludes stable coins, was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones, FactSet and Kraken. See our market data terms of use.