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Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were up during morning trading on Wednesday, with Litecoin /zigman2/quotes/108573968/realtime LTCUSD +0.43% seeing the biggest move, rising 2.54% to $53.67.
Seven additional currencies posted gains Wednesday. Uniswap /zigman2/quotes/226259541/realtime UNIUSD +0.46% rallied 2.17% to $5.47, and Bitcoin /zigman2/quotes/31322028/realtime BTCUSD +0.20% climbed 1.63% to $19,280.32.
Cardano /zigman2/quotes/226258619/realtime ADAUSD +0.90% climbed 1.52% to 45 cents, while Polkadot /zigman2/quotes/226258900/realtime DOTUSD +1.11% rose 1.11% to $6.35. Dogecoin /zigman2/quotes/226077044/realtime DOGEUSD +0.21% climbed 0.44% to 6 cents.
Bitcoin Cash /zigman2/quotes/108573970/realtime BCHUSD +0.29% and Ethereum /zigman2/quotes/108573964/realtime ETHUSD +0.43% rounded out the increases for Wednesday, with gains of 0.44% to $114.54 and 0.43% to $1,348.40, respectively.
On the other hand, Ripple /zigman2/quotes/108573966/realtime XRPUSD +0.15% posted the only drop, falling 0.56% to 40 cents.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc. /zigman2/quotes/225893452/composite COIN +7.25% increased 3.62% to $70.40, while MicroStrategy Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202561856/composite MSTR +5.90% increased 1.63% to $199.80. Riot Blockchain Inc. /zigman2/quotes/209538617/composite RIOT +9.72% shares increased 3.70% to $6.45, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205886758/composite MARA +14.45% rallied 6.14% to $10.89.
Overstock.com Inc. inched down 0.33% to $25.34, while Block Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205989440/composite SQ +2.54% sank 0.72% to $61.03 and Tesla Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203558040/lastsale TSLA -0.52% slid 0.31% to $307.78.
PayPal Holdings Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208054269/composite PYPL +3.54% climbed 0.43% to $92.02, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A /zigman2/quotes/219243771/composite EBON +1.83% shares shed 2.05% to 41 cents. NVIDIA Corp. /zigman2/quotes/200467500/composite NVDA -0.01% rallied 1.25% to $133.41, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208144392/composite AMD +0.19% climbed 0.43% to $75.92.
In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF /zigman2/quotes/226726487/composite BITQ +8.47% , which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, increased 1.62% to $6.80. Blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF /zigman2/quotes/204122720/composite BLOK +5.99% rallied 1.50% to $19.61. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust /zigman2/quotes/203330852/delayed GBTC +4.91% , which tracks the Bitcoin market price, increased 2.06% to $11.90.
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.




























