Crypto Price Update April 30: BTC Below $63k, Ethereum at $3,100, XRP and DOGE Recovers
The global crypto market looks to be ending the month of April in the red, judging from the price movements today. According to data presented by CoinMarketCap, the general crypto market cap has spiked by a tiny 0.38% in the last 24 hours. Consequently, the cumulative value of the market now stands at $2.32 trillion. Additionally, the total crypto market trading volume over the last day is $64.74 billion, indicating a 12.43% rise within the time. The trading volume of stablecoins is now $60.38 billion, making up over 93% of the total crypto market volume in the last day.
That said, top cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and Dogecoin (DOGE) are on our watchlist today. Let us take a look at how these tokens have performed in the last 24 hours.
Top Cryptocurrency Prices Today
Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by trade volume has performed poorly over the last 24 hours. According to CoinMarketCap data, the price of BTC is now at $62,191, signifying a 0.15% drop in the last day. What is more, the trading volume of the flagship token has grown by 23.9% to $25.99 billion at the time of writing. As a result, BTC now has a live market cap of $1.22 trillion.
On the altcoin front, Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap has also experienced its share dip within the last day. Per the aforementioned tracker, ETH is currently changing hands at $3,106, representing a 2.47% drop within the recorded time. Also, its market cap has dropped by a similar number to $376.5 billion with a 24-hour trading volume of $13.2 billion, showing a 0.21% dip.
Trending cryptocurrency XRP has shown a little bit of resilience, however. The price of XRP has spiked by 0.26% at press time, trading at $0.501. In addition, its trading volume has surged by 13% to $1.03 billion with a live market cap of $22.7 billion. As XRP investors continue to wait on the outcome of the court case between the Securities and Exchange Commission, all hopes are high in expectation of a possible price uptrend catalyzed by a wishful victory.
On the memecoin front, the price of Dogecoin (DOGE) is currently recovering at 0.5%, changing hands at $0.138 at the time of writing. The activities surrounding the coin as depicted in its 24-hour trading volume show a significant uptick of 25% with a live market cap of $19.9 billion.
The second-largest and most popular memecoin in the market, Shiba Inu (SHIB) is in the green today. Fresh data shows that the price of SHIB has grown by about 2% over the last day. Additionally, its trading volume has surged by 29.8% to $555 million with a live market cap of $13.8 billion.
Top Trending April 30
On the top trending and gainers list, some tokens have defiled the global market downturn to record massive gains in the last 24 hours. Some of those tokens are,
Vitalik Smart Gas (VSG), a Layer 2 platform created to improve the development of decentralized applications (dApps). According to CMC data, VSG has surged by a noticeable 23.09% in the last 24 hours to settle at $0.002114. The token occupies the #2571 position on the global crypto market chart.
Amp (AMP), an open-source decentralized protocol, providing collateral as a service, has surged significantly by 23.1% to trade at $0.008647. Occupying the #171 spot on the crypto market chart, AMP has a live market cap of $364 million with a 1059% surge in the 24-hour trading volume to $132.1 million.
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