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Most large cryptocurrencies were up during U.S. morning trading on Friday, with Avalanche seeing the biggest move, climbing 4.51% to $26.16.
Seven additional currencies posted increases Friday. Ethereum climbed 2.80% to $2,805.00, and Dogecoin climbed 2.38% to 26 cents.
Solana increased 2.33% to $177.61, while Sui increased 1.69% to $3.48. Bitcoin rose 0.32% to $98,707.20.
Cardano and Tronix rounded out the increases for Friday, with gains of 0.32% to 81 cents and 0.07% to 25 cents, respectively.
On the other hand, XRP posted the only drop, falling 0.48% to $2.66.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc. increased 2.37% to $262.68, while MicroStrategy Inc. climbed 0.40% to $325.20. Riot Platforms Inc. shares climbed 0.43% to $11.65, and shares of MARA Holdings Inc. rose 0.63% to $16.05.
Block Inc. plunged 13.93% to $71.48 and Tesla Inc. slipped 0.56% to $352.40.
PayPal Holdings Inc. declined 1.64% to $76.36, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. shares held steady at $5.40. NVIDIA Corp. slid 0.08% to $140.00, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rose 0.74% to $115.02.
In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF , which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, increased 1.66% to $18.12. Blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF slid 0.10% to $48.38.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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February 21, 2025 10:00 ET (15:00 GMT)
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