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Most of the largest cryptocurrencies were down during morning trading on Friday, with Ethereum /zigman2/quotes/108573964/realtime ETHUSD -0.22% seeing the biggest move, falling 4.21% to $1,268.46.
Six additional currencies posted decreases Friday. Polkadot /zigman2/quotes/226258900/realtime DOTUSD +0.08% fell 3.18% to $6.23, and Bitcoin /zigman2/quotes/31322028/realtime BTCUSD -0.09% fell 3.00% to $18,668.92.
Cardano /zigman2/quotes/226258619/realtime ADAUSD +0.52% fell 3.00% to 45 cents, while Litecoin /zigman2/quotes/108573968/realtime LTCUSD -0.68% shed 2.71% to $51.76. Bitcoin Cash /zigman2/quotes/108573970/realtime BCHUSD +0.18% dropped 2.15% to $113.13.
Ripple /zigman2/quotes/108573966/realtime XRPUSD -0.28% , which posted the smallest decrease, slipped 0.35% to 48 cents
On the other hand, two cryptos posted increases, with Uniswap /zigman2/quotes/226259541/realtime UNIUSD -0.07% seeing the largest rise at 1.54% to $5.79. Dogecoin /zigman2/quotes/226077044/realtime DOGEUSD -0.62% climbed 0.52% to 6 cents.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc. /zigman2/quotes/225893452/composite COIN -0.11% fell 4.25% to $60.26, while MicroStrategy Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202561856/composite MSTR -0.19% shed 3.51% to $185.56. Riot Blockchain Inc. /zigman2/quotes/209538617/composite RIOT -1.06% shares declined 6.06% to $5.96, and shares of Marathon Digital Holdings Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205886758/composite MARA -0.82% tumbled 10.08% to $9.46.
Overstock.com Inc. /zigman2/quotes/200022359/composite OSTK -0.57% declined 2.64% to $23.23, while Block Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205989440/composite SQ -0.20% fell 2.12% to $54.74 and Tesla Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203558040/lastsale TSLA +1.56% fell 4.49% to $275.65.
PayPal Holdings Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208054269/composite PYPL +0.48% dropped 1.81% to $86.07, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. Cl A /zigman2/quotes/219243771/composite EBON 0.00% shares slid 0.40% to 40 cents. NVIDIA Corp. /zigman2/quotes/200467500/composite NVDA +0.95% fell 1.87% to $123.26, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208144392/composite AMD +0.06% dropped 1.81% to $67.77.
In the fund space, blockchain-focused Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF /zigman2/quotes/204122720/composite BLOK -0.15% shed 2.85% to $18.25. The Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF /zigman2/quotes/226726487/composite BITQ -0.59% , which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, shed 5.01% to $6.07. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust /zigman2/quotes/203330852/delayed GBTC +1.00% , which tracks the Bitcoin market price, shed 2.04% to $11.50.
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.































