The price of Ethereum also showed growth, rising above $1.6 thousand. The daily trading volume of the second largest cryptocurrency increased by 70%.
On the morning of July 19, the price of bitcoin approached the $23 thousand mark: according to CoinGecko, the value of the first cryptocurrency exceeded $22.8 thousand at the moment, which was the maximum since June 13. On major cryptocurrency exchanges, the bitcoin exchange rate reached $22.99 thousand.
The market capitalization of bitcoin is $417 billion with a daily trading volume of $59 billion.
The Ethereum exchange rate reached a local maximum, rising above the $1.61 thousand mark for the first time since June 11. Now the second largest cryptocurrency by capitalization is trading at $ 1.5 thousand. The market capitalization of Ethereum is $181 billion, the daily trading volume increased by 70% — from $17 billion to $29 billion.
Altcoins also showed growth. The cost of Binance Coin rose by 0.8% per day to $260, the price of Solana increased by 4.2% to $ 43, and Ethereum Classic showed an increase of 18.4% to $25. The total capitalization of cryptocurrencies amounted to $1.06 trillion, the daily trading volume increased by 54% — from $97 billion to $150 billion.
