Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, has for the first time breached the $2,000 mark.
Soon after breaking the level, there was a small pullback, but the price nevertheless held the level.
30-minute BTC/USD chart from Bitstamp on TradingView.
Against the backdrop of Ethereum’s rising price, average on-chain fees rose again.
Data: Blockchair.
Average transactional costs for swapping tokens on the non-custodial exchange Uniswap and for depositing on the lending service Compound are $45 and $67 respectively.
Data: Dune Analytics.
Bitcoin price also hit a fresh high, testing the $56,000 level. The market capitalisation of digital gold at the time of writing stands at $1.04 trillion.
The screenshot below shows the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation.
Top performers in the last 24 hours — Polkadot, Binance Coin and Cardano. Data: CoinGecko.
Total cryptocurrency market capitalisation reached $1.75 trillion. Bitcoin’s dominance index stands at 59.3% (according to CoinGecko).
As reported in February, Bitcoin’s market capitalisation first reached $1 trillion as the price rose above $53,000.
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