ETH and XRP Both Hit by Losses as Crypto Markets See Widespread Red
4553 Total views 132 Total shares NEWS Monday, September 24: Both Ripple (XRP) and Ethereum (ETH) have taken hefty price hits today as the wider crypto markets see deep red, as data from Coin360 shows. Market visualization by Coin360 While Ethereum has now reclaimed its long-standing spot as second-largest coin by market cap on CoinMarketCap — which it briefly ceded to a skyrocketing Ripple on September 21 — Ethereum has today seen around a 5 percent loss on the day to trade at $234 to press time. Following its intraweek high of around $250 on September 22, the altcoin has seen depressed growth to jaggedly trade sideways between $240-245, before taking a further dip in the hours before press time. Ethereum’s total market cap is today close to $24 billion, still just ahead of Ripple, which has a total market cap of about $21 billion as of press time. On the week, Ethereum’s gains remain up by ov...