Cryptocurrency marketers have collected fresh earnings this weekend, as bitcoin’s value spiked above the $ 60k handle touching $ 61,222 per unit during the early morning trading sessions on Saturday (EST). Moreover, many digital assets also saw price jumps, as the entire market capitalization of all 9,190 crypto-assets existing is over $ 2 trillion today.
Touch after 1 am (Eastern Standard) on Saturday, the market valuation of the entire crypto-economy jumped 3% higher. Bitcoin (BTC) touched a peak of $ 61,222 per unit becoming alarmingly close to the highest ever (ATH) of the crypto asset held last month. BTC is currently trading slightly above the $ 60k handle after losing some of the gains from the previous hours. BTC is still up over 2% today and has a market cap of around $ 1.1 trillion.
The second-largest market held by ethereum (ETH) is up 3% on Saturday and all ETH exchanges for $ 2,144 per unit. While BTC’s market dominance among the 9,190 crypto-assets that exist is 55%, ether markets grabbed 12.1% this weekend. Three digital assets control just over 2% or more of the entire crypto economy valuation that includes BNB, USDT, and XRP.
BNB is up a lot on Saturday, as 24-hour stats show the ticket was exchanging for $ 478 per unit and gained more than 7% in the last 24 hours. XRP is up a staggering 20% against the US dollar and is trading at $ 1.22 a penny.
Other notable winners in the top twenty crypto-asset lists include bitcoin cash (BCH) up 2.8%, filecoin (FIL) up 6.2%, stellar (XLM) up 9.2%, and vechain (VET) up 8% on Saturday.
The biggest winner today is bit-z (BZ) ticket, which has climbed whopping + 16,448% today and is followed by asian token electricity (ELEC) up over 200%.
The biggest crypto market on Saturday belongs to a beetle coin (BEET), which has lost over 53% and then token token (THRT) down more than 38%. At press time some market cap aggregators say the valuation of the entire crypto-economy is $ 2.04 trillion while others say $ 2.033 trillion on Saturday morning.
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