Toncoin gains 13% on Telegram partnership; Bitcoin, Ether little changed
Toncoin led gainers in the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, rising over 13% after the project announced its partnership with Telegram. Bitcoin and Ether were little changed during afternoon trading in Asia, but market analysts are looking at September as a period for strategic Bitcoin accumulation.
Toncoin leads winners; Bitcoin, Ether, little changed
Toncoin was the day’s biggest gainer in the top 10 cryptocurrencies, rising 13.55% in the 24 hours leading up to 4:00 p.m. in Hong Kong, to US$1.92. This brings the coin’s weekly gains to 9.99%.
Toncoin started gaining after the protocol announced its partnership with Telegram messaging app, making the token available to the over 800 million Telegram Wallet users.
Bitcoin was little changed during afternoon trading in Asia, changing hands at US$25,885. Bitcoin’s widening daily range could be an indication of increased volatility, wrote Vetle Lunde, a senior analyst at K33 Research.
“The market dramatically underestimates the impact of U.S. BTC ETFs and, in extension, futures-based ETH ETFs,” wrote Lunde in a K33 research report shared with Forkast.
“In September, few catalysts await, offering a solid opportunity for strategic positioning ahead of an October packed with market-moving events.”
Ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, rose 0.36% in the past 24 hours to US$1,585, after falling below the US$1,600 psychological mark yesterday.
The total crypto market capitalization over the past 24 hours rose 0.43% to US$1.03 trillion while market volume decreased 15.13% to US$32.09 billion.
Polygon is second-largest network by 24-hour NFT sales volume
The Forkast 500 NFT index fell 0.62% to 2,077.26 points in the 24 hours to 4:30 p.m. in Hong Kong and fell 4.05% during the week.
Polygon became the second-largest blockchain network by 24-hour NFT sales volume, rising 40.22% to US$1.22 million, boosted by a 124% surge in the DraftKings collection that generated US$943,123 in sales for the network, becoming the largest collection by daily sales across all chains.
