Crypto prices today: Bitcoin, Ethereum & Solana up, meme coins and metaverse tokens gain

On Friday, the value of global crypto market cap and volume register gains, marking an increase in top cryptocurrencies.

Crypto prices today: Bitcoin, Ethereum & Solana up, meme coins and metaverse tokens gain

By Nidhi Bhardwaj: Like yesterday, the prices of the top cryptocurrencies on 13 January remained profitable. The value of Bitcoin traded at $18,868.77, with an increase of 3.63 percent in the last 24 hours. The value of Ethereum was up by 0.82 percent to $1,413.61, as compared to its yesterday’s value of $1,402.27.

At the time of writing this article, the value of Polygon and Dash increased by 2.64 percent to $0.917803 and 2.16 percent to $49.83, respectively. As of (1000 IST), XRP advanced by 0.40 percent to $0.379264. However, the value of Avalanche decreased by 3.09 percent to $15.54, and Monero fell by 2.51 percent to $165.35.

The global crypto market cap on Friday rose by 2 percent to $907.67B, followed by total crypto market volume growth of $57.16B, a 24 percent rise from the previous day.

Moreover, with the growth in the market, the value of Cardano gained 0.34 percent to $0.330299. The price of Solana also grew by 3.81 percent to $17.11, according to CoinMarketCap.

The top gainers today were Aptos, Helium, Frax Share, and Decentrland. On the other hand, Nexo, Avalanche, Ape Coin, and Monero were the top losers.

Meme coins notice gains

Meme coins traded in the green over the last 24 hours. The value of the Shiba Inu rose by 2.10 percent to $0.000010. Along with SHIB, the increase was further witnessed in the value of Dogecoin, which grew by 1.07 percent to $0.080966.

Metaverse tokens increase in value

The price of Decentraland marked gains of 11.57 percent to $0.456382. Similarly, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity both improved by 6.39 percent to $0.563736 and 0.69 percent to trade at $8.04, respectively.