Today's top cryptocurrency prices saw a bullish surge as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) rose by $62,000 while several altcoins fell significantly. In addition, the price of Ethereum rose to over $3,400. Meanwhile, other altcoins such as XRP, Cardano (ADA), XRP, and Solana (SOL) have surged in value.
Major crypto prices today
Bitcoin price continued its gains and extended above the $62,000 level. Bitcoin price is up 9.24% to $62,517.10 at the time of writing on Thursday, February 29. On the other hand, its trading volume increased by 124.08% to reach $90.42 billion during the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency's market capitalization reached $1.22 trillion.
Turning to altcoins, Ethereum price rose 5.42% to $3,444.36 at press time with a market valuation of $413.71 billion. While ETH saw its trading volume rise by 117.50%, reaching $36.90 billion. Meanwhile, Binance Coin (BNB) price rose 4.43%, reaching $415.43. In addition, 24-hour trade volume increased by 69.07% to $2.55 billion.
Solana price extended above the $120 level. Solana's price rose a whopping 13.18%, settling at $123.09. Additionally, SOL saw a 187.14% increase in trade volume to $6.29 billion over the past 24 hours. While the price of XRP approached the level of $0.60. The price of XRP recorded gains of 1.72%, settling at $0.5912. Furthermore, XRP trading volume increased by 41.95% to $3.34 billion.
Meanwhile, Cardano price recorded a 5.38% increase to $0.6551 today. Furthermore, ADA recorded a massive 110.73% spike in 24-hour trading volume, reaching $1.36 billion. As the prices of top cryptocurrencies posted significant gains, the meme scene followed suit. Dogecoin price rose 33.12% to $0.1274, while its rival Shiba Inu recorded a 20.83% increase in value and was traded at $0.00001318.
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Today's highest cryptocurrency prices
Pepe coin rises by 17%
Pepe Coin (PEPE), a popular cryptocurrency, recorded a huge boom today. At press time, Pepe Coin price was up 17.03% to $0.000003199 with a market valuation of $1.34 billion. In addition, 24-hour trade volume increased by 47.10% to $2.06 billion.
Bonk heights 55%
Bonk (BONK), a Solana-based meme coin, posted a massive surge of nearly 55% and was crowned the top cryptocurrency gainer today. Bonk price rose by 54.71% to $0.00002158 at the time of reporting. Moreover, trade volume increased by 150.92% to $839.29 million. Moreover, the Bonk cryptocurrency reached a high of $0.00002179 amid the rally today.
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