Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were down during morning trading on Friday, with Dogecoin
DOGEUSD
seeing the biggest move, shedding 6.61% to 8 cents.
Seven additional currencies posted decreases Friday. Polkadot
DOTUSD
shed 5.44% to $5.67, and Cardano
ADAUSD
shed 5.11% to 35 cents.
Bitcoin
BTCUSD
shed 5.11% to $16,915.87, while Ripple
XRPUSD
declined 4.85% to 38 cents. Ethereum
ETHUSD
shed 4.05% to $1,267.16.
Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD
and Uniswap
UNIUSD
rounded out the decreases for Friday, dropping 1.17% to $102.42 and 0.41% to $5.76, respectively.
On the other hand, Litecoin
LTCUSD
posted the only increase among the largest cryptos, rising 2.03% to $60.74.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN
climbed 0.10% to $50.97, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR
shed 2.42% to $170.76. Riot Blockchain Inc.
RIOT
shares dropped 4.99% to $5.15, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA
dropped 6.29% to $9.35.
Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK
rose 0.68% to $25.34, while Block Inc.
SQ
climbed 0.27% to $67.58 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA
shed 3.13% to $184.75.
PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL
rallied 2.52% to $88.99, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A
EBON
shares declined 5.00% to 29 cents. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA
rose 0.71% to $158.63, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD
climbed 2.52% to $69.90.
In the fund space, blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK
sank 0.40% to $17.08. The Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, shed 1.41% to $4.88. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, tumbled 10.80% to $8.61.
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.
