All Top 10 Cryptocurrencies in Green, Bitcoin Breaks $6,500

Friday, Aug. 17: all top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap have seen green today, with Ripple and EOS up over 15 percent over the past 24 hours, according to Coinmarketcap.

The top cryptocurrency is trading at $6,495 at press time, up around 3.6 percent over a 24 hour period.

Having plunged to as low as $5,961 earlier this week, Bitcoin is holding its weekly gains, up almost 7 percent over the week.

Ethereum has also seen a significant recovery from its recent crash to as low as $259. The top altcoin has restored around 6.5 percent over the past 24 hours, currently trading at around $303 by press time, seeing intraday lows and highs of $284 and $304 respectively.

At press time, the market cap of Bitcoin amounts to 51.5 percent, following a small downward move.

XRP and EOS are seeing the biggest increases in terms of the top ten digital currencies' gains over a 24 hour period.

Ripple is up almost 18 percent and trading at $0.34 at press time, up around 9 percent over the week according to Cointelegraph's Ripple price index.

Ph. EOS has seen growth of almost 16 percent over a 24 hour period.

Yesterday, major U.S. crypto exchange and wallet service Coinbase listed now-eleventh top coin by market cap Ethereum Classic in a move to bring higher liquidity to the cryptocurrency.

Following the announcement, the coin has surged up to $14.20, and is up a negligible percent over a 24 hour period to press time.