There are two things: Bitcoin and ether.
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There are more than 15,000 other coins.
These alternative cryptocurrencies can deliver huge losses to investors in a short period of time.
The five best performing cryptocurrencies over the past week are listed.
Over the past month, the total market cap of cryptocurrencies has fallen from $3 trillion to $2.2 trillion, as the bear market has taken the life out of many popular cryptocurrencies. The other cryptocurrencies are doing just fine.
There are more than fifteen thousand cryptocurrencies in existence and counting, more than triple the number of US exchange-listed stocks. It's nearly impossible to keep track of all the big players in the sector outside of the well known coins.
A recent rally in bitcoin has helped catapult the sector to a near-$3 trillion market valuation, as the surge in new coins has come amid a massive bull market for the space. The rise is being driven by smaller coins that have seen huge increases this year.
These alternative cryptocurrencies can deliver huge losses to investors in a short period of time. Despite being up millions of percentage points year-to-date, Shiba inu is down 40% from its recent high. The squid game token fell 99% in a single day.
Keeping an eye on the weekly winners can help investors identify which coins are gaining traction.
The five best performing cryptocurrencies with a market value of more than $1 billion over the past week, despite a decline in ether and bitcoin, according to data from CoinMarketCap.
5. The temperature was Celsius.
The symbol is CEL.
The market value is over one billion dollars.
The 7-Day Performance was 1.9%.
The coin market cap.
4. UNUS SED LEO.
The value of the market is $3.5 billion.
The 7-Day Performance was 3.4%.
The coin market cap.
3. Hu is a tokenobi.
The market value is $1.6 billion.
The 7-Day Performance was 4.5%.
The coin market cap.
2. It's called BitTorrent.
The market value is $3.2 billion.
The 7-Day Performance was 4.6%.
The coin market cap.
1. Near Protocol.
The near market value is $5.4 billion.
7-Day performance was 7.0%.
The coin market cap.
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