Cryptocurrency Price Today: Bitcoin Remains Above $25,000 Mark As Akash Network Becomes Top Gainer

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) — two of the most valued crypto coins — managed to remain above the $25,000 and $16,000 marks, respectively, on early Saturday morning. However, in terms of percentage-wise performance, BTC saw a loss of 1.21 per cent. Other popular altcoins — including the likes of Litecoin (LTC), Solana (SOL) — landed in the negative as overall prices saw minor losses across the board. Akash Network (AKT)
emerged to be the biggest gainer, seeing a 24-hour jump of over 19.71 per cent. Rocket Pool (RPL), on the other hand, turned out to be the biggest loser. 

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap stood at $1.05 trillion, registering a 24-hour loss of 0.82 per cent.

Bitcoin (BTC) price today

Bitcoin price stood at $25,960.85 seeing a 24-hour loss of 1.21 per cent, as per CoinMarketCap. According to Indian exchange WazirX, BTC price stood at Rs 23 lakhs.

Ethereum (ETH) price today

ETH price stood at $1,658.72, marking a 24-hour loss of 0.62 per cent at the time of writing. As per WazirX, Ethereum price in India stood at Rs 1.47 lakhs.

Dogecoin (DOGE) price today

DOGE registered a 24-hour gain of 4.33 per cent as per CoinMarketCap data, currently priced at $0.06369. As per WazirX, Dogecoin price in India stood at Rs 5.6492.

Litecoin (LTC) price today

Litecoin saw a 24-hour loss of 0.11 per cent. At the time of writing, it was trading at $64.07. LTC price in India stood at Rs 5,831.43.

Ripple (XRP) price today

XRP price stood at $0.5055, seeing a 24-hour gain of 2.85 per cent. As per WazirX, Ripple price stood at Rs 44.7500.

Solana (SOL) price today

Solana price stood at $21.42, marking a 24-hour loss of 0.46 per cent. As per WazirX, SOL price in India stood at Rs 1,900.00. 

Top crypto gainers today (August 19)

As per CoinMarketCap data, here are the top five crypto gainers over the past 24 hours:

Akash Network (AKT)

Price: $1.43
24-hour gain: 19.71 per cent

Hedera (HBAR)

Price: $0.06293
24-hour gain: 13.07 per cent

THORChain (RUNE)

Price: $1.60
24-hour gain: 9.86 per cent

Injective

Price: $7.81
24-hour gain: 9.58 per cent

Bitcoin SV (BSV)

Price: $30.36
24-hour gain: 7.11 per cent

Top crypto losers today (August 19)

As per CoinMarketCap data, here are the top five crypto losers over the past 24 hours:

Rocket Pool (RPL)

Price: $24.69
24-hour loss: 2.82 per cent

Conflux (CFX)

Price: $0.127
24-hour loss: 1.98 per cent

Uniswap (UNI)

Price: $4.90
24-hour loss: 1.21 per cent

Toncoin (TON)

Price: $1.29
24-hour loss: 1.20 per cent

Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC)

Price: $25,988.25
24-hour loss: 1.13 per cent

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