Crypto Price Today: Bitcoin rises above $30,700; Ethereum, Cardano jump up to 11%

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

cryptocurrency markets were trading higher on Friday with an increase of over 4% in the crypto market cap in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin (BTC) rose 2.30% to $30,786, whereas Ethereum (ETH) surged 10.5%, and was above the $2,100 level. «Rising by over 10% in the past 24 hours, ETH is trading in the $2.1k zone despite some fearing a massive dump after the Shapella upgrade. BTC is also on the rise to chase the $31k mark. The crypto fear and greed index have jumped 7 points to regain the scoring for 68, hinting towards increasing investor confidence,» Parth Chaturvedi, Crypto Ecosystem Lead at CoinSwitch, said. Other top crypto tokens were also trading higher on Friday. Dogecoin jumped nearly 9%. Meanwhile, BNB, XRP, Litecoin, Solana and Cardano also traded with gains. The global cryptocurrency market cap was trading higher around $1.28 trillion, rising 4.25% in the last 24 hours. The market cap of Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, was around $595 billion. Bitcoin’s dominance is currently 46.30%, a decrease of 0.95% over the day, according to CoinMarketCap.

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«Bitcoin surged above the US$30,800 level in the past 24 hours as crypto markets continued to react to the latest US inflation report. The support for BTC is located at the US$30,400 level, while resistance lies at the US$30,800 level,» Edul Patel, Co-founder and CEO at Mudrex, said. Rajagopal Menon, Vice President at WazirX said, «Major market