Crypto prices today: Bitcoin & Ethereum down after two days, Solana up

Top crypto prices traded low this morning, with a plunge in the value of Bitcoin & Ethereum. Meme coins and metaverse tokens suffer.

Crypto prices today: Bitcoin & Ethereum down after two days, Solana up

By Nidhi Bhardwaj: After witnessing a spike in the value of cryptocurrencies in the last two days, the market traded in the red on 15 December. The global crypto market cap plunged by 1.10 percent to $860.70B, followed by a decrease in the total crypto market volume of 12.68 percent to $46.01B. The price of Bitcoin went down by 0.34 percent to $17,709.51 in the last 24 hours.

The price of Ethereum decreased by 2.11 percent to trade at $1,292.19, as compared to its yesterday’s value of $1,320.78. The value of other cryptocurrencies such as Solana grew by 2.78 percent to $14.31, while XRP’s value was down by 2.60 percent to $0.381239. The price of BNB fell by 3.72 percent to $265.14. The value of USD Coin stood at 0.00 percent while Cardano dropped by 2.55 percent to $0.304047.

According to CoinMarketCap, today’s top gainers include XDC Network, Solana, Immutable X, and Tron, with current growth rates of 11.79 percent, 2.66 percent, 2.59 percent, and 2.02 percent, respectively. On the other hand, Neutrino USD, Stacks, Flow, and Fantom were among the top losers.

Meme coins down in value

As compared to the last two days,meme coins traded low. The value of Shiba Inu slipped by 3.20 percent to $0.000009. Dogecoin sank by 4 percent to $0.087675. The value of Dogelon Mars decreased by 2.43 percent to $3.41e-7. On the other hand, the Meme Coin price noticed gains of 13.55 percent to $0.024497.

Axie Infinity, Decentraland and Sandbox witness fall

The metaverse tokens traded in the red over the last 24 hours. The value of one of the top metaverse tokens, Decentraland, was down by 3.80 percent to $0.377358. Axie Infinity noticed a fall of 0.03 percent to $7.64, along with a plunge in Sandbox of 3.03 percent to $0.549191.