Bitcoin trades above $34,000; Ether, Cardano up over 8%. Check latest crypto prices

Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain community, was buying and selling 8% larger at $2,221. Dogecoin, then again, was hovering close to $25, up 3%. Different digital tokens like Cardano additionally surged over 8% whereas XRP, Litecoin and others had been additionally buying and selling with respectable good points over the previous 24 hours.

The rise in crypto costs come after Elon Musk tweeted concerning the cryptocurrency, particularly dogecoin and indulged in sharing varied references and memes on them.

In India, the place households personal greater than 25,000 tonnes of gold, investments in crypto grew from about $923 million in April 2020 to almost $6.6 billion in Might of this yr, based on Chainalysis. That’s regardless of outright hostility towards the asset class from the central financial institution and a proposed buying and selling ban, reported Bloomberg.

The worth of Indian digital asset holdings stay a sliver of its gold market. Nonetheless, the expansion is evident, particularly in buying and selling — the 4 largest crypto exchanges noticed each day buying and selling bounce to $102 million from $10.6 million a yr in the past, based on CoinGecko. The nation considerably trails China’s $161 billion market, based on Chainalysis.

(With inputs from companies)