Ethereum Classic Price Tops $19.21 on Major Exchanges (ETC)

Ethereum Classic (ETC) traded down 1% against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 15:00 PM Eastern on August 4th. In the last week, Ethereum Classic has traded down 15.5% against the U.S. dollar. One Ethereum Classic coin can now be purchased for about $19.21 or 0.00032378 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Ethereum Classic has a market capitalization of $2.85 billion and approximately $144.66 million worth of Ethereum Classic was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:

• Bitcoin (BTC) traded down 1.6% against the dollar and now trades at $59,319.61 or 1.00000000 BTC.
• Dogecoin (DOGE) traded 1.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.10 or 0.00000177 BTC.
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded down 3% against the dollar and now trades at $348.81 or 0.00588025 BTC.
• UNUS SED LEO (LEO) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $5.66 or 0.00009547 BTC.
• Litecoin (LTC) traded up 0.5% against the dollar and now trades at $63.53 or 0.00107105 BTC.
• Monero (XMR) traded 0.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $149.52 or 0.00252056 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded down 3.2% against the dollar and now trades at $21.62 or 0.00036447 BTC.
• NyanCoin (NYAN) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $2.40 or 0.00008809 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 2.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $40.96 or 0.00069058 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded down 0.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.

Ethereum Classic Profile

Ethereum Classic (CRYPTO:ETC) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the EtcHash hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was July 30th, 2015. Ethereum Classic’s total supply is 210,700,000 coins and its circulating supply is 148,196,313 coins. The official message board for Ethereum Classic is ethereumclassic.org/news. Ethereum Classic’s official Twitter account is @eth_classic and its Facebook page is accessible here. Ethereum Classic’s official website is ethereumclassic.org. The Reddit community for Ethereum Classic is https://reddit.com/r/ethereumclassic and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.

According to CryptoCompare, “Ethereum Classic (ETC) is a decentralized, open-source blockchain platform that uses proof-of-work consensus to execute and store smart contracts and dApps. It was created in July 2016 by a group of developers and users who opposed the Ethereum Foundation’s decision to hard fork the Ethereum blockchain in response to the “DAO hack.” ETC is used for a variety of purposes, including creating dApps and issuing tokens, and has a strong focus on immutability and censorship-resistance. It is led by a team of developers and supported by a global community of users and organizations.”

Ethereum Classic Coin Trading

It is usually not presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum Classic directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Ethereum Classic should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Gemini, Changelly or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Ethereum Classic using one of the exchanges listed above.

ETC/USD price chart by TradingView