Crypto Price Today: Bitcoin rises above $25,900; BNB, Dogecoin surge upto 5%

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cryptocurrency markets were trading higher in Friday's trade with crypto heavyweights like BTC and ETH leading the rally. Bitcoin (BTC) rose 5.45% to $25,906, whereas Ethereum (ETH) was above the $1,700 level. «Bitcoin is inching closer towards the $26,000 mark. Following the Arbitrum Airdrop announcement that came out yesterday evening, the sentiments across the crypto market took a positive turn. It is one of the biggest and most awaited events since the past several months,» Edul Patel, Co-founder and CEO at Mudrex, said. Other top crypto tokens were also trading higher. BNB and Polygon surged over 4%. Dogecoin, Solana and Shiba Inu were also trading with gains. Meanwhile, the global cryptocurrency market cap was trading higher around $1.11 trillion, rising 3.85% in the last 24 hours. The total volume in DeFi is currently 5.31 billion, 7.97% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume. The volume of all stablecoins stood at $63.35 billion, which is 94.99% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume.

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BTC volume in the last 24 hours stood at approximately $10.73 billion, falling 10.73% in the last 24 hours. The market cap of Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, was around $499.16 billion. Bitcoin’s dominance is currently 44.84%, an increase of 0.63% over the day, according to CoinMarketCap. Sathvik Vishwanath, Co-Founder & CEO of Unocoin said, “Bitcoin price remains volatile, with a potential