Bitcoin News

NEWS Wednesday, June 12 — Top  cryptocurrencies  bitcoin ( BTC ), ether ( ETH ), and ripple ( XRP ) are all in the green. Cryptocurrencies on the whole are trending up today, according to data provided by Coin360. Market visualization courtesy of  Coin360 After peaking around $9,000 in May, BTC crashed down to under $8,000 but seems to be slowly recovering. BTC was  trading  just shy of $8,000 earlier today, and is now trading at $8,130 at press time. Overall, the top cryptocurrency is up by approximately 2.72% over teh past 24 hours at press time. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source:  Coin360 Top altcoin and number two cryptocurrency ether is trending up by over 6%, and has recovered to trade at $260 at press time. Ether, the market capitalization of which is currently $27.7 billion, dipped to $229.32 earlier this week. Ethereum 7-day price chart. Source:  Coin360 The third token by market cap, XRP, has also seen a moderate gain on the day, trading at $.401