Cryptocurrency Price Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum See Gains As Quant Becomes Top Gainer

Cryptocurrency price on June 17, a quick take: The global crypto market cap stood at $1.06 trillion on Saturday morning.

Bitcoin price stood at $26,293.73 on Saturday morning. ( Image Source :Getty )

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) — two of the most valued crypto coins — managed to rise above the $26,000 and $17,00 marks, respectively, on early Saturday morning. Other popular altcoins — including the likes of Ethereum (ETH) and Dogecoin (DOGE) — landed in the positive as overall prices saw minor gains across the board. Quant (QNT) emerged to be the biggest gainer, seeing a 24-hour jump of over 18.30 percent. BitTorrent(New) (BTT), on the other hand, turned out to be the biggest loser. 

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap stood at $1.06 trillion, registering a 24-hour gain of 2.22 percent.

Bitcoin (BTC) price today

Bitcoin price stood at $26,293.73 seeing a 24-hour gain of 3.02 percent, as per CoinMarketCap. According to the Indian exchange WazirX, BTC price stood at Rs 23.23 lakhs.

Ethereum (ETH) price today

ETH price stood at $1,721.78, marking a 24-hour gain of 3.38 percent at the time of writing. As per WazirX, Ethereum price in India stood at Rs 1.53 lakhs.

Dogecoin (DOGE) price today

DOGE registered a 24-hour gain of 0.54 percent as per CoinMarketCap data, currently priced at $0.06199. As per WazirX, Dogecoin price in India stood at Rs 5.4569.

Litecoin (LTC) price today

Litecoin saw a 24-hour gain of 1.76 percent. At the time of writing, it was trading at $76.30. LTC price in India stood at Rs 6,654.73.

Ripple (XRP) price today

XRP price stood at $0.4737, seeing a 24-hour loss of 1.16 percent. As per WazirX, Ripple price stood at Rs 41.6064.

Solana (SOL) price today

Solana price stood at $15.52, marking a 24-hour gain of 4.93 percent. As per WazirX, the SOL price in India stood at Rs 1,356.01. 

Top crypto gainers today (June 17)

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

Quant (QNT)

Price: $114.95
24-hour gain: 18.30 percent

Frax Share (FXS)

Price: $5.65
24-hour gain: 16.82 percent

Sui (SUI)

Price: $0.7338
24-hour gain: 11.78 percent

Pepe (PEPE)

Price: $0.0000009869
24-hour gain: 8.50 percent

Trust Wallet Token (TWT)

Price: $0.9333
24-hour gain: 8.32 percent

Top crypto losers today (June 17)

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

BitTorrent(New) (BTT)

Price: $0.0000005035
24-hour loss: 2.38 percent

Flare (FLR)

Price: $0.01442
24-hour loss: 1.93 percent

Ripple (XRP)

Price: $0.4733
24-hour loss: 1.40 percent

EOS (EOS)

Price: $0.6309
24-hour loss: 0.71 percent

Chainlink (LINK)

Price: $5.26
24-hour loss: 0.47 percent

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