Cryptocurrency Price Today October 21: Most Cryptocurrencies Trade In Green, Bitcoin Rises 1.44%

The cryptocurrency market continued to trade in the green to post higher gains on Saturday. Today, the global crypto market cap rose 1.10% to $1.12 Trillion. The total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours has increased 3.97% at $45.55 Billion. The total volume in DeFi is currently $2.4 Billion, 5.26% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume. The volume of all stablecoins is now $42.55 Billion, which is 93.43% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume.

Bitcoin price traded 1.44% higher at Rs $29,713.03 per token. Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency has a market capitalization of $579,958,589,018. Bitcoin price skyrocketed 5.49% at $30,020.00 per token at one point on Friday. The drastic jump in Bitcoin's price was seen after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (USSEC) announced it would drop all charges against Ripple's leadership, including CEO Brad Garlinghouse. The news has come as a big relief to the crypto community.

The price of Ethereum was up 1.05% at Rs $1,605.02 per token at the time of writing this article, according to CoinMarketCap data. Ethereum's price surged as high as 4.55% at $1,622.10 per token on Friday.

How are meme coins performing today?

Dogecoin: The price of Dogecoin gained 1.31% at $0.06031 per token at the time of writing this article. Dogecoin has a market cap of $8.53 Billion.

Shiba Inu: Shiba Inu price was up 1.08% at $0.000006982 per token on Saturday. At this price, the meme currency Shiba Inu has a market cap of $4.11 billion.

Pepe Coin: The price of Pepe Coin (PEPE) was up 0.07% at $0.0000000001828 per token today.

How Are Other Altcoins Performing Today?

XRP:

Ripple's XRP price surged 1.04% to $0.5168 on Saturday. XRP is ranked number 5 out of all 8,836 active cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap.

Cardano:

Cardano price gained 1.23% at $0.2521 per token at the time of writing this article.

Solana:

Solana price was up 6.49% today at $28.04 per token. Solana is the world's 7th largest cryptocurrency in terms of market cap.