Bitcoin, ether, dogecoin gain while Solana, Unsiwap fall. Check cryptocurrency prices today

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Cryptocurrency prices today rose as the world's largest and most popular digital token Bitcoin's was trading nearly 2% higher at $16,947. The global crypto market cap today remained below the $1 trillion mark, even as it was almost flat in the last 24 hours to $873 billion, as per CoinGecko.

On the other hand, Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain and the second largest cryptocurrency, also plunged by more than a per cent to $1,227.

Meanwhile, dogecoin price today was trading 0.4% higher at $0.08 whereas Shiba Inu was also flat at $0.000009. Other crypto prices' today performance were mixed as Binance USD, Avalanche, Tether, XRP, Terra, Tron, Litecoin, Stellar, Chainlink, Polkadot prices were trading with gains over the last 24 hours whereas Solana, Uniswap, Polygon, ApeCoin, Cardano fell.

Crypto lender Genesis was seeking an emergency loan of $1 billion from investors before it suspended withdrawals on its website, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing a confidential fundraising document. On Wednesday, Genesis Global Capital suspended customer redemptions in its lending business, citing the sudden failure of Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange FTX.

The implosion of FTX has rippled across the industry, hobbling liquidity at firms with exposure to what was once one of the world's biggest crypto exchanges, and prompting investigations by regulators in several countries. The crypto market is teetering after the collapse of FTX, which is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States. Last week, FTX filed for the US bankruptcy protection and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as chief executive, after rival exchange Binance walked away from a proposed acquisition.

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