Bitcoin Cash leads way as most big cryptocurrencies post gains

Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were up during morning trading on Friday, with Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD,
-0.22%
seeing the biggest change, rising 3.89% to $127.50.

Six additional currencies posted gains Friday. Polkadot
DOTUSD,
-0.19%
rose 1.77% to $7.67, and Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
-0.13%
rallied 1.28% to $23,430.52.

Ethereum
ETHUSD,
-0.15%
rose 0.87% to $1,600.55, while Litecoin
LTCUSD,
-0.20%
rose 0.50% to $58.45. Uniswap
UNIUSD,
-0.03%
climbed 0.11% to $7.24.

Cardano
ADAUSD,
-0.14%,
which posted the smallest increase, rose 0.11% to 50 cents.

On the other hand, two cryptos posted decreases, with Ripple
XRPUSD,
-0.19%
seeing the largest drop at 0.92% to 36 cents. Dogecoin
DOGEUSD,
-0.05
slipped 0.11% to 7 cents.

In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN,
-4.27%
slid 0.39% to $73.70, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR,
-2.69%
slid 0.85% to $287.25. Riot Blockchain Inc.
RIOT,
-6.56%
shares dropped 1.12% to $7.54, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA,
-7.93%
shed 1.19% to $13.33.

Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK,
-4.40%
dropped 2.68% to $28.55, while Block Inc.
SQ,
-3.96%
fell 1.20% to $73.86 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA,
+0.20%
climbed 1.55% to $827.77.

PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL,
-2.05%
slid 0.56% to $82.29, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A
EBON,
-8.01%
shares rose 2.33% to 58 cents. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA,
-4.05%
fell 2.91% to $175.24, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD,
-3.28%
declined 0.56% to $88.91.

In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
-5.62%,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, rose 0.13% to $8.20. Blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK,
-2.96%
slipped 0.46% to $21.86. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, increased 1.99% to $15.34.


Editor’s Note: This story, which tracks nine of the top cryptocurrencies and excludes stable coins, was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones, FactSet and Kraken. See our market data terms of use.


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