Bitcoin Price Rises, Polygon Biggest Gainer Across Top 10 Cryptocurrencies

October 18,2022

Bitcoin rose up to $19,661 and Ether gained 1.89% to US$1,337, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

Polygon increased 7.83% to US$0.87 to be the biggest gainer across top 10 cryptocurrencies excluding stablecoins.

Apart from Polygon, Solana, Cardano and XRP has gained by 2.7%, 0.85% and 1.76%, respectively

 Solana was the next biggest gainer among the top 10 cryptos, rising 2.69% to US$31.11 after Magic Eden, the largest NFT marketplace in the Solana ecosystem.

The recent price action in Bitcoin left the tokens market capitalization at $375.3 Billion

So far this year, Bitcoin has a change of -57.69%.

Shanghai Composite Index dipped 0.13%, the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index rose 1.75% and the Nikkei 225 closed 1.42% up