Crypto Price Today Live: Bitcoin holds $19k; XRP & Uniswap drop up to 3%

New Delhi: Crypto market was stuck in a fixed range amid the soft economic cues on Tuesday. Investors continued to eye the US central bank’s efforts to tame inflation during the earnings sessions.

The economic future was slightly rosier, but not enough to stir bitcoin and other major cryptos. Bitcoin held $19,000, whereas Ethereum was comfortable above the $1,300 mark.

Top crypto tokens were trading mixed, though the changes were limited. XRP dropped over 3%, whereas Uniswap dropped more than 3%. Among the gainers, Cardano and Polkadot gained up to a per cent each.

The global cryptocurrency market cap was trading lower at $929.97 billion, almost falling up to a per cent in the last 24 hours. However, the total trading volume jumped more than a per cent to $52.53 billion.

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Trading app Robinhood Markets has added support for cryptocurrencies aave and tezos to its platform, the company announced on Twitter.

The MakerDAO community has approved a proposal to place as much as $1.6 billion in USD Coin with Coinbase Prime, where it will yield 1.5 per cent. MakerDAO is the issuer of the DAI stablecoin.

A federal indictment of Nate Chastain, a former head of product at NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace OpenSea, can proceed, a federal judge ruled.

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