Polkadot leads increases as largest cryptocurrencies start mixed

The largest cryptocurrencies were mixed during morning trading on Friday, with Polkadot
DOTUSD
seeing the biggest move, rising 4.20% to $5.61.

Dogecoin
DOGEUSD
led the decreases with a 2.52% drop to 10 cents.

Three other cryptocurrencies saw increases Friday. Uniswap
UNIUSD
rallied 1.94% to $5.99, and Cardano
ADAUSD
climbed 0.84% to 32 cents.

Ethereum
ETHUSD,
which saw the smallest increase, rose 0.20% to $1,279.35.

In addition to Dogecoin, four other currencies posted decreases. Ripple
XRPUSD
fell 2.44% to 39 cents, and Litecoin
LTCUSD
fell 2.22% to $76.15.

Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD
and Bitcoin
BTCUSD
also recorded declines, falling 0.42% to $110.06 and 0.15% to $16,906.16, respectively.

In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN
dropped 1.15% to $44.75, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR
slipped 0.93% to $197.13. Riot Blockchain Inc.
RIOT
shares inched down 0.44% to $4.56, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA
rose 0.72% to $6.26.

Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK
fell 1.68% to $25.80, while Block Inc.
SQ
declined 2.34% to $67.55 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA
inched down 0.63% to $193.47.

PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL
fell 3.63% to $75.68, and Ebang International Holdings Inc.
EBON
shares slipped 0.61% to $4.86. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA
declined 3.30% to $165.70, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD
dropped 3.63% to $75.20.

In the fund space, blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK
inched down 0.94% to $16.84. The Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, shed 1.37% to $4.31. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, slipped 0.28% to $8.87.


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.