Crypto prices 20 July 2023: Bitcoin decreases by 0.46% & Ethereum slips by 0.80%, market record fluctuations

On Thursday, most of the top cryptocurrencies marked fluctuations. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency in the world, decreased by 0.46 percent to trade at $29,975.36. At the time of writing this article (1000 IST), its nearest rival, Ethereum, also slipped by 0.80 percent to stand at $1,897.43.  

The value of XRP increased by 4.92 percent, followed by the gains marked in the value of Cardano and Solana by 0.50 percent and 2.60 percent, respectively. The rise in altcoins could further be witnessed in the values of Polkadot, Avalanche, and Polygon by 0.21 percent, 0.23 percent and 1.38 percent, respectively. On the contrary, BNB fell by 0.52 percent and Litecoin dropped by 1.39 percent. 

The global cryptocurrency market cap decreased by 0.23 percent to $1.21 trillion. However, the value of total crypto market volume fell by 9.04 percent to $30.26 billion. 

Gainers and decliners

Today's top gainers include Stellar, XDC, Hedera, and XRP. On the other hand, coins like Rocket Pool, Frax Share, Sui and Gala were among the top losers. 

Memecoins noticed a fall 

Popular memecoins noticed a fall. The price of Floki fell by 0.39 percent, Pepe decreased by 0.91 percent, and Dogelon Mars slipped by 0.30 percent. At this time, the value of Baby Doge Coin also suffered. 

Metaverse tokens in the red 

Most of the Metaverse tokens remained unprofitable. Internet Computer went down by 1.24 percent, and Stacks down by 1.25 percent. Other tokens like The Sandbox decreased by 0.38 percent and Decentraland fell by 0.58 percent. The value of Axie Infinity and Ape Coin also dropped by 0.14 percent and 1.78 percent, respectively.