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Bitcoin Has Amazing Price Swing in Today’s Block Tribune Volatility Index
The digital currency markets have been unusually active today, as the biggest digital currencies have experienced, on average, large fluctuations in price over the past 24 hours.
Leading the way was bitcoin, which traded between $9,601.00 and $11,985.00 today, with an average price of $10542.82. On the other end, NEO saw unusually low volatility today. Its range was $33.04 – $45.39 with an average of $37.88.
Our proprietary Block Tribune Volatility Index is a measure of daily price variability compared with variability over the prior 30 days. 50 indicates an average day. Greater scores indicate a wider range of trade prices while lesser scores indicate a relatively flat trading period.
The data below was compiled on a per-currency basis using reports from the exchanges that saw 1% or more of the total trade volume for that currency. It is as of 1:00 p.m. US Eastern Time and includes the digital currencies with the greatest trading volume, as measured in U.S. Dollars.
| Currency | Volatility Index | Today’s Average Price | Today’s Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 93.6 | $10,542.82 | $10,093,800,000 |
| Dash | 79.7 | $709.79 | $364,569,000 |
| BitConnect | 77.3 | $298.06 | $33,716,600 |
| Litecoin | 68.3 | $100.23 | $700,822,000 |
| Ethereum | 64.0 | $491.14 | $2,328,750,000 |
| EOS | 63.9 | $2.94 | $124,674,000 |
| Monero | 61.8 | $202.43 | $189,504,000 |
| Qtum | 61.5 | $15.22 | $157,638,000 |
| Ethereum Classic | 59.9 | $32.99 | $803,758,000 |
| Zcash | 52.6 | $357.73 | $134,753,000 |
| Vertcoin | 48.8 | $5.39 | $11,763,700 |
| Bitcoin Cash | 48.6 | $1,589.94 | $2,024,020,000 |
| NEO | 47.3 | $37.88 | $103,782,000 |
