The crypto market remains on the rise – strong numbers from Cardano and Polygon
At the moment the crypto market is moving almost constantly upwards. On Tuesday, almost all major currencies rose. This is also the case on Wednesday (August 11th). Bitcoin keeps the price stable at just under 40,000 euros with a capitalization of over 740 billion euros. In the past week, the number one currency has grown by over 20 percent. There have been major climbs at Cardano and Polygon in the past 24 hours.
Cardano achieved an increase of 20 percent from Tuesday to Wednesday. The price is now 1.52 euros with a capitalization of 48 billion euros. In the past seven days, the increase was 30 percent. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced yesterday, according to Decrypt , that he will soon reveal the date on which smart contracts will be published on the Cardano mainnet.
Polygon recorded an eleven percent price increase. Here the price is 1.10 euros and the capitalization is seven billion euros. Over the past week, the currency has risen by 24 percent.
Binance Coin is also seeing strong numbers. Here the price has risen by around nine percent to around 332 euros. The capitalization is 55 billion euros. Ethereum achieved a slight plus of around three percent and thus exceeded the value of 2,700 euros. Here the capitalization stands at 322 billion euros. On the market as a whole, the capitalization is 1.635 trillion euros. On Tuesday it was still under 1.6 trillion euros.
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