Major cryptocurrencies were trading in the red early on August 30 as the global crypto market cap increased 3.53 percent to $978.66 billion over the last day. The total crypto market volume increased 22.14 percent to $65.02 billion over the last 24 hours.
The total volume in DeFi stood at $4.68 billion, 7.19 percent of the total crypto market 24-hour volume. The volume of all stablecoins was at $59.35 billion, which is 91.27 percent of the total crypto market 24-hour volume.
The price of Bitcoin hovered over Rs 16 lakh. Its dominance is currently 39.41 percent, which is a decrease of 0.33 percent over the day, according to CoinMarketCap.
Meanwhile, Central African Republic top court on Monday ruled that the purchase of citizenship, "e-residency" and land using a cryptocurrency the government launched last month was unconstitutional.
The "Sango Coin" went on sale on July 21 despite a sharp fall in Bitcoin prices during recent months, and doubts over the project's viability in a poorly connected and war-torn country. (Reuters)
At 7:30 am, these were the prices of the largest cryptocurrencies (data from WazirX):
| NAME | PRICE (INR) | 24H % |
| Bitcoin | 16,86,783 | -0.17% |
| Ethereum | 1,27,613.0 | 2.5% |
| Tether | 85.16 | -0.733% |
| Cardano | 37.7950 | 2.14% |
| Binance Coin | 23,541.01 | -0.67% |
| XRP | 27.7001 | 3.12% |
| Polkadot | 605.00 | 0.66% |
| Dogecoin | 5.4500 | -0.9% |
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