As both Ethereum and Litecoin soared to new record highs Tuesday, the combined market
value of cryptocurrencies hit an all - time high of $ 506 billion at about 7:40 a.m. ET Wednesday, according to Coinmarketcap data.
According to reports, the aggregate
value of all cryptocurrencies hit a record high of around $ 184 billion on November 1, according to industry website Coinmarketcap, making their reported market value worth around the same as that of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley combined.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, its rival
cryptocurrency Ripple recently
hit an all - time high with a
value of $ 3.20.
Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCChina said on Thursday that it would stop all trading from Sept. 30, setting off a further slide in the
value of the
cryptocurrency that left it over 30 percent away from the record highs it
hit earlier in the month.
No - one knows for certain about what
cryptocurrency values will be by the end
of 2018 but the entire
cryptocurrency market could
hit $ 1 trillion this year, Kraken founder and CEO Jesse Powell told CNBC this week.
The
value of funds raised globally by digital coin offerings in January and February fell 43 per cent to US$ 726 million compared with November and December when bitcoin, the best known
cryptocurrency,
hit an all - time high just below US$ 20,000, according to data from research firm Novum Insights.
This is cause for celebration for users who have heavily invested in the
cryptocurrency; but, it appears the
value of bitcoin is not the only thing that has
hit the roof in 2017.
That ban, as well as warnings by regulators in other countries, has driven fears
of a wider crackdown and prompted a sell - off that has helped wipe almost $ 60 billion off the total
value of cryptocurrencies since they
hit record highs at the start
of the month, according to industry website Coinmarketcap.
The
value of the bitcoin
cryptocurrency hit a new all - time high on Sunday, reaching $ 6,306 before settling down to somewhere around $ 6,170 at the time
of writing on Monday morning.
In the recent times, the
cryptocurrency market has faced adverse circumstances in terms
of its
value and adoption, because
of certain regulatory fears and now with the Google's recent announcement to ban advertisements based on promotion
of cryptocurrencies, Ripple, ethereum, bitcoin and litecoin have all
hit a low since the last week.
Digital currencies have also yet to
hit the scale
of other markets — compare the market
value of $ 479 billion across all
cryptocurrencies to the NYSE's over $ 20 trillion.
Not only did it see the
value of the
cryptocurrency skyrocket to previously unimaginable proportions, but the year had bitcoin's transaction costs
hit a fever pitch, with average fees touching $ 55.16 (while the median was $ 34.09) in late December while investors were left justifiably unamused.
Every year, during the month
of January, the
cryptocurrency market takes a significant
hit in terms
of value, as can be seen in the market cap charts below.
Other major
cryptocurrencies have also been
hit with double - digit falls in the past 24 hours, with Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Monero all receding in
value in the range
of 15 - 25 %.
According to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index (BPI), the
cryptocurrency's
value has
hit a low
of $ 9,714.02 as
of press time.
The
value of bitcoin plunged 13.5 % in the early hours
of Thursday after news
hit that South Korea is planning to ban
cryptocurrency trading.
The total market
value of cryptocurrencies on Wednesday
hit an all - time high today.
Bitcoin, the world's most popular
cryptocurrency, showed a meteoric rise in 2017, with its
value growing from below $ 1,000 at the beginning
of the year and
hitting a historic milestone
of $ 20,000 in December.
Even though the
value of cryptocurrencies have taken a significant
hit since the ad restrictions were announced, it's largely this mood which characterises much
of the thinking coming from crypto figures.
Every year, during January, the
cryptocurrency market takes a significant
hit in terms
of overall
value.
The global
cryptocurrency market was last
valued at $ 534 billion after
hitting a low
of $ 490 billion earlier in the day.
After
hitting a peak market cap
of $ 835 billion, the combined
value of cryptocurrencies was, at one brief point, cut in half.
Following a wild run spanning over most
of the second half
of 2017, the highest -
valued cryptocurrency in the world has
hit new lows one after another this year.
Cryptocurrency and the anonymous market is booming in this era
of time, the bitcoin which is sitting on the top with the market
value of 182B $ with non-stop pushing and keep on
hitting new price end up to give shock surprise every single day.
On January 28th Wall Street veteran Peter Boockvar predicts an epic crash will
hit the
cryptocurrency market, which could wipe out more
of 90 %
of the
value of Bitcoin.