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Bitcoin and Ethereum Retreat, Chainlink Bags Top Winners Crown
The highest cryptocurrency prices recorded a decline today, but the price of Bitcoin (BTC) managed to hold above the $65,000 mark. While Ethereum (ETH) price remained below the $3,000 level. Additionally, other top altcoins, such as Solana (SOL) and XRP, also saw a slight decline while Cardano (ADA) gained.
Top Cryptocurrency Prices Today
1. Bitcoin Price
Source: CoinMarketCap
THE Bitcoin Price fell 0.52%, reaching $65,499.97 at the time of writing on Friday, May 17. On the other hand, its trading volume plunged 28.74% to $29.90 billion in the last 24 hours. The crypto market capitalization meanwhile stood at $1.29 trillion.
2. Ethereum Price
THE Ethereum Price lost 1.92% to $2,949.67 at press time with a market valuation of $354.32 billion. Meanwhile, ETH saw its trading volume drop by 21.86%, reaching $12.15 billion.
3. Solana Prize
THE Solana Price held above the $160 level and declined slightly today. Solana price is down 0.25%, settling at $162.13. Additionally, SOL saw a 26.47% drop in trading volume to $3.10 billion in the last 24 hours.
4. XRP Price
While the XRP Price fell below $0.52 again. XRP price recorded a decline of 0.23%, reaching $0.5175. In contrast, XRP trading volume fell 8.10% to $1.09 billion.
5. Cardano Price
Meanwhile, the Cardano crypto price rose 1.11% to $0.4645 today. Meanwhile, ADA recorded a 9.75% drop in its 24-hour trading volume, standing at $361.14 million.
6. Dogecoin and Shiba Inu Price
THE Dogecoin Price fell 4.09% to $0.15 while its rival, Shiba Inu Price fell 2.94% and is trading at $0.00002436.
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Top Crypto Gainers Today
- Chain link (LINK): Chainlink crypto price jumped 13.25% and is trading at $15.78.
- Immutable (IMX): Immutable price rose 6.72% to $2.50.
- Arweave (AR): AR price increased by 5.77% to $46.21.
- Hedera (HBAR): HBAR price increased by 3.47% to $0.1136.
Top Crypto Losers Today
- Meme Book (BOME): BOME crypto price fell 9.45% to $0.01149.
- Batteries (STX): STX price lost 8.16% to $1.97.
- Wormhole (W): W crypto price fell 5.25% to $0.5353.
- Ethena (ENA): Ethena price fell 4.93% to $0.6919.
Polygon (MATIC), Sui (SUI), and Fantom (FTM) also rose significantly today. However, the overall market trend remained bearish.
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