Most large cryptocurrencies rise on Polkadot, Litecoin increases

Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were up during morning trading on Friday, with Polkadot
DOTUSD
seeing the biggest change, climbing 1.64% to $5.87.

Six additional currencies posted rises Friday. Litecoin
LTCUSD
climbed 1.04% to $84.77, and Ethereum
ETHUSD
rose 0.99% to $1,560.37.

Bitcoin
BTCUSD
climbed 0.95% to $21,140.23, while Cardano
ADAUSD
climbed 0.46% to 34 cents. Uniswap
UNIUSD
rose 0.17% to $6.15.

Dogecoin
DOGEUSD,
which posted the smallest increase, climbed 0.17% to 8 cents.

On the other hand, two cryptos posted decreases, with Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD
seeing the largest drop at 0.07% to $121.14. Ripple
XRPUSD
inched down 0.01% to 39 cents.

In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN
climbed 1.98% to $50.40, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR
rose 0.93% to $223.50. Riot Platforms Inc.
RIOT
shares rose 0.61% to $5.82, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA
slipped 0.82% to $7.28.

Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK
increased 3.37% to $20.88, while Block Inc.
SQ
rose 1.77% to $72.20 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA
rose 2.26% to $130.05.

PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL
rose 0.42% to $77.07, and Ebang International Holdings Inc.
EBON
shares climbed 0.35% to $9.11. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA
climbed 0.86% to $169.09, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD
rose 0.42% to $68.01.

In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, climbed 1.50% to $5.15. Blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK
rose 0.65% to $17.87. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, slipped 0.35% to $11.42.


Editor’s Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.