Bitcoin’s market value hits a new all-time high of $1.2 trillion

Oct 20, 2021

By: BI India Bureau

Bitcoin managed to cross the $64,000 level last night

However stopped short of breaching its previous all-time high

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Currently, Bitcoin is priced at $63,954

The cryptocurrency is up by 1.83 percent in the last 24 hours

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Ethereum also saw a bit of upwards action

Gaining 0.84 percent since yesterday and settling at a price of $3,854

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Other altcoins in the market, however, are mostly in the red

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Binance Coin is priced at $484.83

Its price is down by 1.92 percent after the rally spurred by the coin’s biggest burn of all time

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Cardano, the most popular ‘Ethereum Killer’, is at $2.10

The cryptocurrency is down by 2.46 percent in the last 24 hours

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Solana is currently valued at $156.30

The other ‘Ethereum Killer’ in the top ten has dipped by 1.56 percent since yesterday

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Polkadot’s price is $41.41

The cryptocurrency is down by 0.18 percent in the last 24 hours

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Dogecoin saw a bigger dip of 3.14 percent since yesterday

The cryptocurrency is priced at $0.2435

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​Disclaimer

These are the top cryptocurrencies by volume according to CoinMarketCap | Prices updated as of October 20, 9 am IST and may change over the course of the day

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