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Most large cryptocurrencies were up during U.S. morning trading on Friday, with Ethereum seeing the biggest move, climbing 6.66% to $2,625.18.
Seven additional currencies posted increases Friday. Solana climbed 4.74% to $104.78, and XRP climbed 4.58% to $1.42.
Dogecoin rose 3.79% to 9 cents, while Cardano rose 2.63% to 21 cents. Bitcoin climbed 2.42% to $79,160.80.
Sui and Avalanche rounded out the increases for Friday, with gains of 2.42% to 76 cents and 2.16% to $7.76, respectively.
On the other hand, Tronix posted the only drop, falling 0.51% to 34 cents.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc. increased 4.36% to $179.79, while Strategy Inc. climbed 6.36% to $136.74. Riot Platforms Inc. shares increased 3.15% to $21.61, and shares of MARA Holdings Inc. climbed 6.91% to $12.22.
Block Inc. rose 0.23% to $79.25 and Tesla Inc. climbed 1.08% to $367.49.
PayPal Holdings Inc. rose 0.90% to $53.79, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. shares held steady at $2.16. NVIDIA Corp. climbed 1.40% to $221.41, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. increased 3.01% to $518.77.
In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF , which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, increased 4.05% to $26.36. Blockchain-focused Amplify Blockchain Technology ETF rose 2.88% to $64.65.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet