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Digital Currency Markets Quiet in Today’s Block Tribune Volatility Report
The biggest digital currencies have experienced, on average, relatively small price fluctuations over the past 24 hours.
A notable high volatility outlier was Dash, which traded between $299.22 and $353.97 today, with an average price of $323.44. On the other end, Ripple saw unusually low volatility today. Its range was $0.21 – $0.23 with an average of $0.22.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dash | 67.0 | $323.44 | $126,197,000 |
| Zcash | 65.0 | $252.49 | $89,785,000 |
| Monero | 59.9 | $114.80 | $96,532,400 |
| Ethereum | 58.1 | $316.46 | $1,236,320,000 |
| Bitcoin Cash | 53.4 | $625.73 | $770,794,000 |
| NEO | 53.3 | $31.97 | $134,662,000 |
| EOS | 52.6 | $1.16 | $31,076,000 |
| Bitcoin | 52.1 | $7,269.04 | $4,363,460,000 |
| BitConnect | 51.3 | $278.77 | $23,089,000 |
| Ethereum Classic | 50.3 | $14.12 | $143,012,000 |
| Qtum | 50.3 | $12.01 | $134,664,000 |
| Vertcoin | 50.0 | $4.94 | $46,909,300 |
| Litecoin | 47.2 | $62.90 | $297,522,000 |
| Ripple | 41.7 | $0.22 | $205,584,000 |
