Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) — two of the most valued crypto coins — managed to remain above the $26,000 and $16,000 marks, respectively, on early Saturday morning. Other popular altcoins — including the likes of Litecoin (LTC), Ripple (XRP) — landed in the positive as overall prices saw minor gains across the board. Pepe (PEPE) emerged to be the biggest gainer, seeing a 24-hour jump of over 12.73 per cent. Frax Share (FXS), on the other hand, turned out to be the biggest loser.
At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap stood at $1.05 trillion, registering a 24-hour gain of 0.17 per cent.
Bitcoin (BTC) price today
Bitcoin price stood at $26,055.40 seeing a 24-hour gain of 0.05 per cent, as per CoinMarketCap. According to Indian exchange WazirX, BTC price stood at Rs 23 lakhs.
Ethereum (ETH) price today
ETH price stood at $1,651.73, marking a 24-hour gain of 0.13 per cent at the time of writing. As per WazirX, Ethereum price in India stood at Rs 1.48 lakhs.
Dogecoin (DOGE) price today
DOGE registered a 24-hour gain of 1.73 per cent as per CoinMarketCap data, currently priced at $0.06313. As per WazirX, Dogecoin price in India stood at Rs 5.6020.
Litecoin (LTC) price today
Litecoin saw a 24-hour gain of 1.98 per cent. At the time of writing, it was trading at $65.25. LTC price in India stood at Rs 5,682.22.
Ripple (XRP) price today
XRP price stood at $0.5221, seeing a 24-hour gain of 1.29 per cent. As per WazirX, Ripple price stood at Rs 46.0405.
Solana (SOL) price today
Solana price stood at $20.37, marking a 24-hour lose of 0.72 per cent. As per WazirX, SOL price in India stood at Rs 1,897.61.
Top crypto gainers today (August 26)
As per CoinMarketCap data, here are the top five crypto gainers over the past 24 hours:
Pepe (PEPE)
Price: $0.0000009084
24-hour gain: 12.73 per cent
Sui (SUI)
Price: $0.5802
24-hour gain: 8.39 per cent
dYdX (DYDX)
Price: $2.19
24-hour gain: 3.91 per cent
Mina (MINA)
Price: $0.398
24-hour gain: 3.86 per cent
Curve DAO Token (CRV)
Price: $0.4579
24-hour gain: 3.84 per cent
Top crypto losers today (August 26)
As per CoinMarketCap data, here are the top five crypto losers over the past 24 hours:
Frax Share (FXS)
Price: $5.76
24-hour loss: 3.07 per cent
XDC Network (XDC)
Price: $0.05253
24-hour loss: 1.75 per cent
KuCoin Token (KCS)
Price: $4.54
24-hour loss: 1.31 per cent
Lido DAO (LDO)
Price: $1.58
24-hour loss: 1.21 per cent
Internet Computer (ICP)
Price: $3.52
24-hour loss: 0.05 per cent
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