Cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin, ether fall while dogecoin, Shiba Inu surge

On the other hand, Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain and the second largest cryptocurrency, slipped marginally to $1,892. After years of delays, Ethereum’s much anticipated software update Merge seems all but certain to take place in September, with the cryptography underlying the blockchain undergoing a radical shift to a system where the creation of new ether tokens becomes far less energy-intensive. 

Meanwhile, dogecoin price today was trading more than 8% higher at $0.08 whereas Shiba Inu also surged over 4% to $0.000016. Other crypto prices’ today performance were mixed as BNB, Tether, Avalanche, Polygon, Apecoin, Chainlink prices were trading with cuts over the last 24 hours, whereas XRP, Uniswap, Tron, Litecoin, Polkadot, Stellar were trading with gains.

The three-largest US publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies Core Scientific Inc., Marathon Digital Holdings Inc. and Riot Blockchain Inc. lost over $1 billion in the second quarter after taking a series of impairment charges spurred by the collapse of cryptocurrency prices, as reported by Bloomberg.

Losses arising from cryptocurrency hacks jumped nearly 60% in the first seven months of the year to $1.9 billion, propelled by a surge in funds stolen from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, according to blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. DeFi applications, many of which run on the Ethereum blockchain, are financial platforms that enable crypto-denominated lending outside of traditional banks.

Crypto struggled through the first half of the year as the Federal Reserve hiked rates to combat stubbornly high inflation, with the prices of Bitcoin, Ether and other tokens falling by more than 50%. Following the collapse of a major pair of tokens, some cryptocurrency lenders froze customer withdrawals, and several crypto firms have cut jobs.

(With inputs from agencies)

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