At the same time, BTC was trading with a slight decline on the international exchanges. For example, on CoinMarketCap and Binance, the price of bitcoin (Bitcoin latest price) fell by about 1.25 percent to around $37,770 (approximately Rs 28.5 lakh).
Ether’s performance is also running like Bitcoin. According to Gadgets 360’s crypto price tracker, ETH was trading at $2,753 (approximately Rs 2 lakh), down 3.9 percent.
Ether price today on international exchanges like Coinbase was at $2,614 (approximately Rs 1.98 lakh) with a marginal loss of around 2.5 percent.
Other altcoins like Binance Coin, Ripple, Polkadot, Terra and Avalanche were also trading with losses.
Dogecoin and Shiba Inu are also not able to make profit.
However, some altcoins also saw profits, but modest.
Stablecoin cryptocurrencies such as Uniswap, Cardano and Solana as well as Tether, Binance USD, and USD Coin were trading with profits on the price chart.
To raise emergency funds, Ukraine has started accepting donations in cryptocurrencies from around the world. Over the weekend, Ukraine’s official Twitter handle posted crypto wallet addresses for donations in BTC and ETH.
Stand with the people of Ukraine. Now accepting cryptocurrency donations. Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT.
BTC – 357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P
ETH and USDT (ERC-20) – 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45e14
— Ukraine / країна (@Ukraine) February 26, 2022
According to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, Ukraine has already raised $8 million (about Rs 60 crore) from crypto donations.
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has urged all major crypto exchanges to block Russian users for the time being.
I’m asking all major crypto exchanges to block addresses of Russian users.
It’s crucial to freeze not only the addresses linked to Russian and Belarusian politicians, but also to sabotage ordinary users.
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 27, 2022
According to CoinMarketCap, the crypto sector currently has a market cap of $1.7 trillion (approximately Rs 1,29,35,807 crore).<!–
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