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While Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has a market cap of $628 billion as of press time, only the market cap of 6 other cryptocurrencies exceeds $10 billion — today, we will examine those projects at the top of the digital asset food chain. See also: How to buy Bitcoin The Biggest...

Crypto bank Next integrated Polkadot (CRYPTO: DOT), with support for buying, selling, earning interest, or borrowing against the coin. What Happened: According to an announcement shared with Benzinga, Nexo customers will be able to earn up to 8% interest and borrow against DOT...

Major cryptocurrencies slumped Monday night with the rout denting global cryptocurrency market capitalization by 14.5% to $1.27 trillion. What Happened: The apex cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), traded 7.6% lower at $32,578.56 over 24 hours at press time. BTC is down 18.81% over a seven-day...

Major cryptocurrencies were in the green on Monday night with Bitcoin (BTC) trading above the $40,000 level, but the top gainer at press time was the digital collateral token Amp (AMP). What Happened: BTC traded 3.44% higher at $40,385.36 over 24 hours at press time. BTC was up 20.11% over a seven-...

Solana (SOL) is an open-source project focused on facilitating decentralized app or DApp creation. It makes use of the permissionless nature of blockchains to provide decentralized finance or DeFi solutions. Benzinga asked Raj Gokal, Solana’s co-founder and chief operating officer on how the...

PERI Finance, a decentralized cross-chain synthetic asset issuance and derivative exchange protocol, has officially announced the completion of its $4.7 million fundraising round led by LD Capital with participation by PrivCode, OneBlock, Ruby Capital, Dasheng Capital, Momentum 6, and other leading...

Bitcoin’s (BTC) market capitalization dominance stood below the 50% mark in the early hours of Wednesday at press time after 30 months of staying above that level. What Happened: The apex cryptocurrency’s market dominance was 49.5% at press time, as resurgent altcoins brought...

Bitcoin’s (BTC) market dominance is teetering on the verge of falling below 50% even as Dogecoin (DOGE) and other altcoins grow in stature. What Happened: BTC had a dominance of 50.15% near press time. The number one cryptocurrency by market capitalization traded 1.27% higher at $50,686.32 at...

The cryptocurrency market has turned to a shade of green on Thursday as of press time, and these assets are leading the pack: Bitcoin Gold (BTG), Ku Coin (KCS), PancakeSwap (CAKE), BitTorrent (BTT), IOTA (MIOTA) or Dent (DENT).  BTG: The fork of Bitcoin (BTC) that emerged...

The apex cryptocurrency by market cap — Bitcoin (BTC) — is losing its dominance, leading analysts to label the trend as the coming of the so-called "altcoin season." What Happened: At press time, BTC enjoyed a market dominance of 59.1% with Ethereum (ETH) at second place...

One of the hottest stories of 2021 has been the rise of NFTs. Also known as non-fungible-tokens, NFTs are the latest growth area of the cryptocurrency market. One publicly traded company announced a new platform for NFTs to push its cryptocurrency growth objective. What Happened: XSigma, a wholly-...

Smart contract platforms have reached a combined market cap of $280 billion with an Ethereum (ETH) dominance of 57.92% at press time. Nevertheless, the so-called Ethereum killers are making rapid strides upwards and emerging as challengers to the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap....

Bitcoin price (BTC) is trading 5.2% higher over 24 hours to press time at $52,254 late Wednesday.  What’s Moving: When the world’s apex cryptocurrency shot above $51,000 late Tuesday it drained the momentum out of altcoins. As of press time, cryptocurrencies besides Bitcoin...