World's largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin was trading marginally lower today. The price of Bitcoin fell 0.96% to $42,789 on Coinmarketcap. Market cap of the cryptocurrency fell to $810.08 billion. Currently, the global crypto market cap stands at $2.05 trillion, falling 1.06%.
Other cryptocurrencies were trading on a mixed note today. Ethereum fell 1.38% to $3,289 and Dogecoin was trading 6.30% lower at $0.171.
Digital token Stellar lost 1.67% to $0.2549 and Litecoin rose 1.20% to $148.26.
XRP lost 1.97% to $0.767 and Uniswap zoomed 4.59% to $17.28.
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has said that cryptocurrency Bitcoin will replace the US dollar. Dorsey has been a big supporter of Bitcoin. He is also the co-founder and CEO of financial services company Block, formerly known as Square Inc.
Of late, crypto prices have risen on the back of comments from billionaire Elon Musk and Ark Investment Management LLC's Cathie Wood. In late July, Elon Musk said Tesla was "most likely" to start accepting bitcoin as payment again.
The comment helped the cryptocurrency race past the $30,000 level. The electric carmaker said in May 2021 that it would no longer accept the cryptocurrency for purchases. It's been a wild ride for bitcoin the last three years.
The digital currency made its big Wall Street debut in December 2017, when the major futures exchanges rolled out Bitcoin futures. The attention drove Bitcoin to roughly $19,300, a then-unheard of price for the currency.