Because of the rise in the value of Bitcoin ... cryptocurrencies are rising and crossing the $ 1000 barrier
With Bitcoin breaking the $ 30,000 mark and briefly crossing the $ 34,000 mark. Smaller cryptocurrencies rose as blockchain-linked Ether rose, breaking the $ 1,000 barrier on Monday, reaching its highest level since February 2, 2018. Ether is trading at $ 1,045, up 30 percent in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinDesk, the cryptocurrency news site. Ripple's project-linked XRP coin rose about 7 percent in the last 24 hours on Monday, and traded around 23 cents. The world's largest cryptocurrency by market value rose to $ 34,452 early Sunday, before retreating to about $ 31,800 on Monday. It's still worth less than half of what it was about two weeks ago, when the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Ripple claiming that the company had placed an offer for unregistered securities with XRP. Litecoin rose more than 10 percent on Monday to around $ 155, and Litecoin was created by entrepreneur (Charles Lee) Charles Lee with the goal of