Cryptocurrency Price Today: Bulls Tighten Grip In Crypto Market; Bitcoin Price Trades Above $36,300 Mark

The digital asset market extended gains on Thursday as the price of the world's two largest cryptocurrencies - Bitcoin, and Ethereum along with other altcoins traded higher today.

The global crypto market cap was up 2.17% at $1.36 Trillion.

The total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours is $44.92 Billion, which makes a 5.81% decrease, according to CoinMarketCap data. The total volume in DeFi is currently $4.98 Billion, 11.08% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume. The volume of all stablecoins is now $39.86 Billion, which is 88.73% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume.

Bitcoin price gained 2.70% at $36,307.92 per token on Thursday, according to CoinMarketCap data. Ethereum price breached the crucial $1900 market, as it was up 1.35% at $1,915.29 per token. Ethereum is the world's second-largest cryptocurrency with a current market cap of $230,204,736,777.

Ethereum breaking the resistance level could mark the beginning of a bullish reversal and the onset of a wider market recovery.

How are meme coins performing today?

Meme currencies traded mixed today.

Dogecoin: The price of Dogecoin rose 2.89% to $0.07619 per token on Thursday. Dogecoin has a market cap of $10.81 Billion.

Shiba Inu: Shiba Inu price was up 2.78% at $0.000008456 per token. At this price, the meme currency Shiba Inu has a market cap of $4.99 billion.

Pepe Coin: The price of Pepe Coin (PEPE) gained over 2% at $0.0000000005035 per token on Thursday.

How Are Other Altcoins Performing Today?

XRP:

Ripple's XRP price gained 0.67% at $0.6913 on Thursday. XRP is ranked number 5 out of all 8,807 active cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap. XRP reached its all-time high of $3.29 on January 4, 2018.

Cardano:

Cardano price was up 3.35% at $0.365 per token at the time of writing this article.

Solana:

Solana price gained 2% at $43.86 per token at the time of writing this copy. Solana is the world's 7th largest cryptocurrency in terms of market cap.

Polkadot:

Polkadot price gained 4.62% at $5.11 per token on Thursday.