Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were down during morning trading on Wednesday, with Dogecoin
DOGEUSD,
seeing the biggest move, plunging 11.40% to 10 cents.
Six additional currencies posted drops Wednesday. Uniswap
UNIUSD,
shed 8.34% to $5.56, and Polkadot
DOTUSD,
dropped 7.81% to $10.40.
Ripple
XRPUSD,
declined 7.81% to 47 cents, while Litecoin
LTCUSD,
fell 3.65% to $76.29. Cardano
ADAUSD,
fell 3.47% to 61 cents.
Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD,
which posted the smallest decrease, dropped 2.88% to $221.40
On the other hand, two cryptos posted increases, with Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
seeing the largest rise at 0.69% to $31,173.62. Ethereum
ETHUSD,
climbed 0.54% to $2,334.49.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN,
plunged 19.00% to $59.12, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR,
declined 6.44% to $210.99. Riot Blockchain Inc.
RIOT,
shares rallied 1.20% to $7.62, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA,
slipped 0.92% to $11.69.
Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK,
dropped 1.63% to $31.48, while Block Inc.
SQ,
shed 2.23% to $82.51 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA,
declined 1.13% to $791.00.
PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL,
climbed 0.40% to $79.07, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A
EBON,
shares climbed 4.11% to 79 cents. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA,
fell 1.18% to $173.87, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD,
rallied 0.40% to $90.46.
In the fund space, blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK,
fell 1.73% to $22.67. The Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, shed 4.64% to $8.63. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, shed 3.11% to $20.57.
Editor’s Note: This story, which tracks nine of the top cryptocurrencies and excludes stable coins, was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones, FactSet and Kraken. See our market data terms of use.