Cryptocurrency Price Today: Bitcoin Price Dips 2.85% At $36,466.78, Ethereum Down 3.46% At $1,986.04

The cryptocurrency market gave up the previous day's gains on Friday as the global crypto market cap fell 2.50% to $1.4 Trillion at the time of writing this article.

Bitcoin price traded 2.85% lower at $36,466.78 per token. At this price, Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $712,504,231,949. Ethereum price was down 3.46% at $1,986.04 per token on Friday. Earlier this week, Ether (ETH) rose over 3% to nearly $2,060 per token.

The world's second largest cryptocurrency Ethereum has been in focus after asset management giant BlackRock filed for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF), doubling down on its cryptocurrency bets amid investor optimism about the approval of such investment vehicles.

The iShares Ethereum Trust, registered last week and will be listed on Nasdaq if approved, will give investors access to ether without directly owning it.

The total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours is up 2.87% at $70.65 Billion. The total volume in DeFi is currently $8.94 Billion, 12.66% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume. The volume of all stablecoins is now $62.45 Billion, which is 88.39% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume.

How are meme coins performing today?

Meme currencies traded mixed today.

Dogecoin: The price of Dogecoin rose 6.07% to $0.08126 per token on Friday. Dogecoin has a market cap of $11.53 Billion.

Shiba Inu: Shiba Inu price was down 1.86% at $0.000008622 per token. At this price, the meme currency Shiba Inu has a market cap of $5.08 billion.

Pepe Coin: The price of Pepe Coin (PEPE) fell 3.47% at $0.0000000003351 per token on Friday.

How Are Other Altcoins Performing Today?

XRP:

Ripple's XRP price fell 4.22% to $0.6195 on Friday. XRP is ranked number 5 out of all 8,832 active cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap. XRP reached its all-time high of $3.29 on January 4, 2018.

Cardano:

Cardano price was down 1.70% at $0.3752 per token at the time of writing this article.

Solana:

Solana price slumped as high as 12.26% at $58.29 per token at the time of writing this copy. Solana is the world's 7th largest cryptocurrency in terms of market cap as the altcoin has a market cap of $24,611,745,493.

Polkadot:

Polkadot price fell 2.87% at $5.42 per token on Friday.