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Most large cryptocurrencies were up during U.S. morning trading on Friday, with Sui seeing the biggest change, rising 4.70% to $1.04.
Seven additional currencies posted rises Friday. Ethereum increased 3.75% to $2,439.26, and Cardano increased 2.95% to 27 cents.
Bitcoin rose 2.89% to $77,419.90, while Dogecoin climbed 2.60% to 10 cents. XRP climbed 2.27% to $1.49.
Avalanche and Solana rounded out the increases for Friday, with gains of 2.27% to $9.91 and 0.64% to $90.17, respectively.
On the other hand, Tronix posted the only drop, falling 0.58% to 33 cents.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc. increased 3.64% to $207.09, while Strategy Inc. surged 11.68% to $166.34. Riot Platforms Inc. shares rose 2.96% to $17.42, and shares of MARA Holdings Inc. climbed 2.12% to $11.80.
Block Inc. increased 3.22% to $70.88 and Tesla Inc. climbed 1.33% to $394.07.
PayPal Holdings Inc. rose 1.67% to $50.64, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. shares climbed 1.42% to $2.14. NVIDIA Corp. increased 1.39% to $201.11, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. slid 0.53% to $276.78.
In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF , which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, rose 2.75% to $24.29. Blockchain-focused Amplify Blockchain Technology ETF increased 1.81% to $59.75.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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