Altcoins continue their explosive run as bitcoins stagnate at $ 10,200

Tuesday, September 17 – The Altcoins show bullish price movements on the rise, while Cryptocurrency # 1 is $ 10,200.

Visualization of the market. Source: Coin360

While the number of Bitcoin wallet addresses (BTC) holding a minimum of 10 BTCs – worth over $ 100,000 – has reached an all – time high, the price of Bitcoin continues to rise. exchange laterally, with a maximum intraday of about 10 320 USD.

BTC slowly declined to its current price of $ 10,216 and posted a slight gain of 0.8% that day, according to Coin360 data.

Bitcoin price table 24 hours. Source: Coin360

Millennia in the bank on Bitcoin

Cointelegraph previously announced that the London law firm Michelmores LLP had investigated the millennial generation in the UK and discovered that 20% of them had invested in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies .

This millennium worldwide Bitcoin love is corroborated by the findings of another survey conducted in the United States that indicates that crypto-currencies are three times more popular among the American millennium as an option. 39, a long-term investment of choice over Generation X.

While Bitcoin stagnates, Ether (ETH) continues its uptrend well above the $ 200 mark. The most popular altcoin is currently trading at $ 208.26, posting impressive gains of 8.76% on the day.

Ether price table 24 hours. Source: Coin360

After weeks of side trading, Ripple's XRP token takes the top 20 altcoins with a massive gain of more than 10% on the day. At the time of printing, the third most popular coin in the world is trading at $ 0.286 a piece.

XRP price chart for 7 days. Source: Coin360

Cointelegraph previously announced that Ripple chief executive Brad Garlinghouse had rejected accusations that his company would manipulate the XRP price in an interview with CNN presenter Julia Chatterley. The CEO added that "In the XRP community, Ripple is the largest owner and we are the party most interested in the success of the XRP ecosystem."

The first 20 altcoins continue their explosive race

Altcoins are currently on a roll, with XRP in the lead, followed closely by Tron (TRX) and Tezos (XTZ), which are up almost 10% every day. The other notable winners are IOTA and Stellar (XLM) each with a gain of over 7%.

The overall market capitalization of cryptocurrency amounts to $ 270.1 billion, with bitcoins accounting for 68.3% of the total.