Bitcoin and Ethereum prices today, August 22, are slightly higher while other major cryptocurrencies trade in the green

Early on August 22, major cryptocurrencies saw gains as the market cap of all cryptocurrencies grew by 1.05 percent, to $1.02 trillion, from the previous day. On the other hand, over the past day, the total volume of the cryptocurrency market fell by 19.18 percent to $58.82 billion.

DeFi's 24-hour volume was $4.50 billion, or 7.66 percent, of the total volume of the cryptocurrency market. All stable coin volume was $56.17 billion, or 95.50 percent of the 24-hour volume of the whole crypto market.

Bitcoin was trading at about Rs 18 lakh. According to CoinMarketCap, its market share was 40.10 percent, down 0.06 percent from the previous day.

In other news, a study by cryptocurrency intelligence platform Blockdata found that the biggest publicly traded companies to invest in blockchain and cryptocurrency companies between September 2021 and June 2022 include electronics giant Samsung, technology behemoth Alphabet, and investment management firm BlackRock.

A total of 40 significant enterprises made investments in businesses involved in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries over the time period, according to data provided by Blockdata. Samsung was the most active investor with 13 investments, followed by UOB with 7, Citigroup with 6, and Goldman Sachs with 5.

The prices of the top cryptocurrencies as of August 22 at 7.52 am are as follows (info from WazirX):

NAME                      PRICE (INR) 24H %

Bitcoin                       18,25,000          0.82%

Ethereum               1,38,010.7         0.73%

Tether                         86.10          1.04%

Cardano                        40.0000         1.26%

Binance Coin                25,500.00         6.24%

XRP                                 29.4000         3.72%

Polkadot                        645.99         -0.61%

Dogecoin                        5.9048         0.14%