Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s oldest and most-valued cryptocurrency, managed to remain stable at the $20,000 range on early Wednesday morning. Most other popular altcoins, including the likes of Ethereum (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE), Solana (SOL), and Ripple (XRP) didn’t register noteworthy changes in their prices over the last 24 hours. Among lesser-known altcoins, Lido DAO continued to be the biggest gainer second day in a row this week, with a 24-hour gain of nearly 14 percent. On the other hand, the Helium (HNT) token turned out to be the biggest loser. 


At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap stood at $996.13 billion as per CoinMarketCap data, registering a 24-hour gain of 1.48 percent. 


Bitcoin (BTC) price today


BTC was priced at $20,382.87 at the time of writing. As per CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin saw a 24-hour gain of 0.60 percent. As per Indian exchange WazirX, BTC price stood at Rs 17.09 lakhs.


Ethereum (ETH) price today


ETH price stood at $1,605.71, marking a 24-hour gain of 4.03 percent at the time of writing. As per WazirX, Ethereum price in India stood at Rs 1.35 lakhs.


Dogecoin (DOGE) price today


DOGE registered a minor 24-hour dip of 0.65 percent as per CoinMarketCap data, currently priced at $0.06319. As per WazirX, Dogecoin price in India stood at Rs 5.30.


Litecoin (LTC) price today


Litecoin saw a 24-hour loss of 0.73 percent. At the time of writing, it was priced at $54.85. LTC price in India stood at Rs 4,600.


Ripple (XRP) price today


XRP price stood at $0.3322, seeing a 24-hour gain of 0.71 percent. As per WazirX, Ripple price stood at Rs 27.50.


Solana (SOL) price today


Solana price stood at $32.41, marking a minor 24-hour gain of 0.37 percent. As per WazirX, SOL price in India stood at Rs 2,864.20.


Top crypto gainers today (August 31)


As per CoinMarketCap data, here are the top five crypto gainers over the past 24 hours:


Lido DAO (LDO)


Price: $2.11
24-hour gain: 13.95 percent


Nexo (NEXO)


Price: $1.10
24-hour gain: 11.59 percent


NEAR Protocol (NEAR)


Price: $4.31
24-hour gain: 7.08 percent


Flow (FLOW)


Price: $2.03
24-hour gain: 5.61 percent


Axie Infinity (AXS)


Price: $14.36
24-hour gain: 4.69 percent


Top crypto losers today (August 31)


As per CoinMarketCap data, here are the top five crypto losers over the past 24 hours:


Helium (HNT)


Price: $5.62
24-hour loss: 9.03 percent


Synthetix (SNX)


Price: $3.11
24-hour loss: 7.75 percent


eCash (XEC)


Price: $0.0000452
24-hour loss: 6.52 percent


Chiliz (CHZ)


Price: $0.2034
24-hour loss: 4.91 percent


OKB (OKB)


Price: $15.63
24-hour loss: 3.41 percent


What crypto exchanges are saying about the crypto market scenario


Sathvik Vishwanath, CEO and co-founder of Unocoin said, “On Tuesday, around 95 percent of the top 100 coins and tokens ended in the red zone. Well-known coins, namely Bbitcoin and Ethereum lost about 8.6 percent and 9.7 percent, respectively. The rest of the market was down between 0.5-5 percent. The biggest hit was taken by Helium which lost about 11 percent in just one day. This kind of high fluctuation was not expected. The rest of the week is expected to have more of such bearishness in the global crypto market based on the pattern where a bear market in the mid-week usually lasts till the weekend.”


weTrade founder Prashant Kumar offered his take on the market scenario as well, "The global cryptocurrency market for the second consecutive day managed to stay in the green with a 2-percent increase in 24 hours even as the market cap stayed under the $1 trillion mark due to global economic factors. With the impending Ethereum Merge, the performance of the coin is likely to see a boost. Ethereum saw an increase of approximately 4 percent, taking it closer to $1,600. Meanwhile, Bitcoin continued to hold support above the key $20,000 mark.”



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