Bitcoin (https://es.cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price-index) is trading at around $ 7255 at the close of this edition, dropping a fraction of a percent on the day to consolidate its gains recently, according to Cointelegraph's Bitcoin price index.
Having recovered the $ 7000 mark on August 31, the main currency has been rising steadily at an even higher price, now pushing $ 7300. Bitcoin is trading at $ 525 more than its value at the beginning of its weekly chart, which brings its 7-day gains to a strong 8.32 percent. In the month, Bitcoin is now also green, with an increase of 3.62 percent.
Ethereum (ETH) is trading at around $ 287 at the close of this edition, with a loss of 2.27 percent on the day. After a volatile week, the main altcoin, yesterday was tremendously close to claiming the price point of $ 300 -increasing up to $ 298.32- but today it failed to break through.
Last week's reports that the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) plans to launch ETH futures by the end of 2018 hardly changed the price of the asset, although Ethereum has seen some growth in a week of green in the market. In its weekly chart, Ethereum is now at a solid 5.15 percent, with monthly losses closed at 29.86 percent.
The top ten currencies listed in CoinMarketCap are mainly seeing minor percentage changes - both green and red - within a range of 1-2 percent. The exception is Monero (XMR), now ranked tenth by market capitalization, which has shot up 8.34 percent on the day to trade at $ 130.63 at press time. After a brief fall to $ 97 on August 30, Monero has experienced a strong, albeit irregular, rise in recent days.
Price chart of 7 days of Monero. Source: CoinMarketCap
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has more or less consolidated its main earnings for September, dropping only 2.36 percent on the day to trade around $ 624 at the close of this edition. After a stagnant week that ran the $ 560 range, BCH saw a big boost in price performance after its successful stress test on September 1.
7-day price chart of Bitcoin Cash. Source: CoinMarketCap
Dogecoin (DOGE) recovered from yesterday's sharp correction, during which it lost about 20 percent on the day. DOGE is up 2.2 percent today and is trading around $ 0.0051 at the close of this edition.
Since August 30, the altcoin has shot upward, and even after yesterday's impact it has sealed a 112 percent increase on its weekly chart. The cryptocomponents have attributed the surprising performance of DOGE prices to an imminent infrastructure development for a project called Dogethereum, which will be demonstrated on September 5.
7-day price chart of Dogecoin. Source: CoinMarketCap
The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is around $ 236.5 billion at the close of this edition, almost $ 18 billion in its weekly chart.
7-day chart of the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies by CoinMarketCap
Today, September 3, iPR Daily - a specialized intellectual property media - published a report that revealed that China's electronic commerce giant, Alibaba, and IBM technology conglomerate lead the global rankings of patent applications related to blockchain up to date. date. The report also showed that MasterCard, Bank of America, and China's central bank, People's Bank of China (PBoC), are world leaders in patenting blockchain-related innovations.