Bitcoin, Ether go up; XRP leads the gains

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Bitcoin and Ether rose slightly Tuesday morning in Asia, along with almost all other non-stable cryptocurrencies. XRP led the gains with around 5.6%, followed by Cardano and Polygon.

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Fast factsBitcoin rose 0.46% to $16,919 in the 24 hours to 8am in Hong Kong, while Ether gained 0.66% to trade at $1,227, according to data from CoinMarketCap. XRP rose 5.58% to change hands at $0.3657 and gained 7.91% in the past seven days. So soon, Ripple Labs Inc. CEO Brad Garlinghouse expects his XRP lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to end early next year. Dogecoin fell to US$0.07576 after falling 0.27% in the past 24 hours. The memecoin has extended its losing streak since last week, when supporter Elon Musk announced he would be stepping down as Twitter chief. Dogecoin traded at a low of US$0.07099 last week. Cardano traded up 2.32% at US$0.2653, while Polygon rose 2.32% to trade at US$0.8136. Covid quarantine rules from 8th January. The Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.65% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 also rose 0.65%. US and Hong Kong stock markets were closed on Monday for Christmas.

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