Crypto markets spiked today, August 21, seeing notable gains amongst the top 100 coins in under an hour, as data from Coin360 shows.
Total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies shot up over $12 million in just over an hour to peak at $222.8 million, before dropping slightly to $291.7 million by press time.
Bitcoin (BTC) had been trading sideways today around $6,400-$6,500 before seeing a sharp 5 percent spike in the space of just 45 minutes, peaking around $6,790. The leading cryptocurrency has since dropped slightly to trade around $6,715 at press time, stil up about 6.2 percent on the day.
Full article: https://cointelegraph.com/news/total-crypto-market-cap-jumps-12-million-in-an-hour-as-bitmex-pauses-trading