Crypto Prices Today August 17: BTC Holds $59K, HNT Soars 6%
Highlights
- Bitcoin gains momentum with inflows in ETFs.
- Ethereum battles market turbulence amid ETH ETFs' sluggish performance.
- However, Helium and Aave emerged among the day's top crypto market gainers.
The crypto prices today have mainly fueled mixed investor sentiments, showcasing a trading session both in red and green territories. Bitcoin (BTC) price rested at the $59K level, whereas Ethereum traded near $2,600. Solana (SOL) traded in the red zone while XRP traded slightly in the green. Besides, HNT and AAVE emerged among the day’s top gainers.
Further, the global crypto market cap witnessed a 1.03% increase in value to $2.07 trillion today. However, the total crypto market volume saw an 18.75% decrease to $60.43 billion.
Here’s a brief report on some of the leading cryptocurrencies by market cap and their price run today, August 17.
Crypto Prices Today
Bitcoin Price Today
As mentioned above, BTC price rested at $59,140 today, a 2% increase in value over the past 24 hours. The coin’s intraday lows and highs were $57,582.98 and $59,847.36, respectively.
Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 56.26% today, a 0.38% increase over the past day. The flagship crypto’s pumping price movement comes against the backdrop of $36.01M inflows in Bitcoin ETFs as of August 16. A recent report by CoinGape spotlighted that BTC’s rising price action also aligns with improved macro sentiment.
On the other hand, despite the US Marshal Service (USMS) selling Silk Road Bitcoin, the coin has traded in the green.
Ethereum Price Today
Meanwhile, the ETH price jumped 0.56% in the past 24 hours to trade at $2,596. Its 24-hour lows and highs were $2,556 and $2,629, respectively.
Notably, data by Soso Value shows $15 million outflows in spot Ether ETFs as of August 16. Ethereum’s market cap stood at $312.27 billion.
Intriguingly, asset manager Franklin Templeton filed to launch a Crypto Index ETF encompassing Bitcoin and Ether recently.
Solana Price Today
Simultaneously, the crypto SOL’s price witnessed a 2% dip in the past 24 hours to rest at $138.86. Its intraday lows and highs were $136.38 and $144.80, respectively.
XRP Price Today
XRP price showcased signs of consolidation, jumping marginally by 0.13% over the past day to $0.563. The token’s 24-hour lows and highs were $0.5548 and $0.5703, respectively.
DOGE & SHIB Prices
DOGE price saw a marginal 0.12% increase as of writing to $0.1007. SHIB price conversely slipped 0.45% to $0.00001326 despite the ShibTorch auto burning feature going live on Shibarium.
Also, Pepe coin (PEPE), dogwifhat (WIF), and BONK prices tanked 2%-5% today.
Crypto Gainers Today
Helium (HNT) price soared 6% to $7.
Aave (AAVE) price surged 5% to $113.69.
dYdX (DYDX) price was up 5% to $1.08.
Arweave (AR) price gained 4% to $21.44.
Crypto Losers Today
Sui (SUI) price fell 7% to $0.8024.
Fantom (FTM) price tanked 5% to $0.3639
Brett (BRETT) price also showed signs of a pullback, slipping 5% to $0.07995.
Celestia (TIA) price followed, waning 4.5% to $5.12.
Besides, the hourly time frame charts illustrated that Bitcoin gained 0.36% whereas ETH gained 0.35%, stirring additional speculations on the crypto prices today.
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