Polkadot leads way as largest cryptocurrencies post advances

Litecoin
LTCUSD,
+6.80%
surged 10.64% to $71.63, and Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD,
-0.67%
jumped 10.64% to $216.36.

Ethereum
ETHUSD,
+4.33%
and Bitcoin
BTCUSD,
+1.30%
rounded out the increases for Friday, climbing 10.29% to $2,123.01 and 7.75% to $30,787.93, respectively.

In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc.
COIN,
+0.33%
jumped 14.29% to $66.86, while MicroStrategy Inc.
MSTR,
+3.88%
rocketed 20.40% to $206.10. Riot Blockchain Inc.
RIOT,
+2.65%
shares jumped 11.70% to $8.17, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc.
MARA,
+0.61%
surged 13.95% to $11.57.

Overstock.com Inc.
OSTK,
+4.46%
climbed 4.75% to $32.21, while Block Inc.
SQ,
+1.74%
jumped 11.03% to $84.12 and Tesla Inc.
TSLA,
+1.72%
rose 5.55% to $768.40.

PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL,
+2.34%
increased 5.38% to $78.29, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A
EBON,
-16.27%
shares rallied 7.23% to 74 cents. NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA,
+1.79%
increased 6.53% to $172.32, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD,
-0.59%
increased 5.38% to $90.88.

In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
BITQ,
+0.99%,
which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, surged 12.06% to $8.68. Blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF
BLOK,
+0.05%
increased 6.87% to $22.56. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
GBTC,
which tracks the Bitcoin market price, jumped 10.14% to $20.17.

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.