Largest cryptocurrencies climb on Ethereum, Polkadot increases

Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
+1.58%
rallied 1.93% to $23,008.62, and Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD,
+0.84%
rallied 1.93% to $137.47.

Cardano
ADAUSD,
+1.66%
and Ripple
XRPUSD,
-0.19%
rounded out the increases for Friday, climbing 1.92% to 51 cents and 0.84% to 37 cents, respectively.

In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN,
+2.13%
rallied 4.33% to $92.75, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR,
+2.39%
rose 2.61% to $317.38. Riot Blockchain Inc.
RIOT,
+0.49%
shares rallied 2.32% to $8.37, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA,
+5.22%
climbed 3.72% to $13.92.

Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK,
-0.83%
inched down 0.81% to $28.16, while Block Inc.
SQ,
-0.78%
climbed 0.12% to $89.81 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA,
-5.90%
declined 2.98% to $898.35.

PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL,
-1.58%
shed 1.27% to $95.75, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A
EBON,
+14.63%
shares increased 8.94% to 54 cents. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA,
-1.55%
declined 1.87% to $188.55, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD,
-1.27%
shed 1.27% to $102.21.

In the fund space, blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK,
+0.28%
rose 0.31% to $23.01. The Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
+0.23%,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, slipped 0.23% to $8.74. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, rallied 2.53% to $14.34.

Editor’s Note: This story, which tracks nine of the top cryptocurrencies and excludes stable coins, was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones, FactSet and Kraken. See our market data terms of use.