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Crypto Prices Today: XRP Drops; Cardano, Polygon, Solana Gains Over 4% As Market Recovers

Crypto prices today for Altcoins like Cardano, and Polygon go up by 4%. Solana sees an increase in price by 7%. XRP drops by 0.39%.
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Crypto Prices Today: XRP Drops; Cardano, Polygon, Solana Gains Over 4% As Market Recovers

Crypto Prices Today: Bitcoin and other Altcoins are seeing a jump yet again today. As of writing, Bitcoin price increased by 2.86% in the last 24 hours. Crypto prices today for Ethereum increased by 3.41%. Cardano price rises by 3.24%. Solana price hikes by 6.71%. XRP decreased by 0.39%.

Polygon is up by 4.49%. Polkadot price escalates by 2.88%. 

The meme cryptos have been seeing an increase, too in the last 24 hours. Dogecoin price jumps by 0.90% whereas Shiba Inu price is up by 2.62%.

The global crypto market cap stands at 953.13 billion USD, an increase of 2.05% over the past day. The total crypto market volume in the last 24 hours increased by 36.12% and is currently at 89.95 billion USD.

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The top 4 crypto for today are:

1. Ripple (XRP) price dips by 0.39%

XRP Price is slashing by 0.39% in the last 24 hours and each XRP token is trading for 0.3706 USD. The market cap for this crypto is currently at 18.87 billion USD. Trading volume is down by 19.84% over the last day. Source: coinmarketcap

Also read: USDC’s Dollar Peg Fumbles, Coinbase Pauses USDC:USD Conversions

2. Cardano (ADA) price rise by 3.24%

With a rise of 3.24% in the Cardano price during the last 24 hours, the market cap for the crypto is at 11.04 billion USD. Whereas trading volume is seeing an increase of 4.74%. Each ADA token is trading for 0.3184 USD.Source: coinmarketcap

3. Solana (SOL) price rise by 6.71%

Solana price grew by 6.71% in the previous 24 hours. The market cap for this crypto stands at 6.99 billion USD. Each SOL token is trading at 18.27 USD. The trading volume has gone up by 20.07% during the previous 24 hours. Source: coinmarketcap

4. Polygon (MATIC) price rise by 4.49%

Polygon price is escalating by 4.49% in the last 24 hours and each MATIC token is trading for 1.06 USD. The market cap for this crypto is currently at 9.21 billion USD. Trading volume is up by 26.39% over the last day. Polygon is an Ethereum layer 2 scalability platform and has also been rallying with Ethereum in the past month. Source: coinmarketcap

Also read: Breaking: U.S. President Biden Thumps On Cooling Inflation; Is It Bitcoin’s Time To Shine?

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Shourya Jha

Shourya is a fintech enthusiast who mainly reports on Cryptocurrency Prices, Union Budget, CBDC, and FTX collapse. Connect with her at shourya@coingape.com

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