Previous article Market highlights December 21: Most cryptos in the green, Moderna plunges 6% Next article Worlds First Bitcoin ICO Presale Ends 15th March Buy Now Buy Now Worlds First Bitcoin ICO Presale Ends 15th March Buy Now Buy Now Home Latest Cryptocurrency News Market highlights December 21: Most cryptos in the green, Moderna plunges 6% Market highlights December 21: Most cryptos in the green, Moderna plunges 6% By - min read 21 December 2021 Several top 10 cryptos were in the green over the past 24 hours. Conversely, all three major US indices fell yesterday as investors digested the new Covid-19 restrictions, coupled with fears over President Biden’s Build Back Better bill failing to pass on $2 trillion in stimulus to the economy. Top cryptos Bitcoin is up almost 6% at the time of writing. Ethereum gained more than 4% today. XRP gained more than 3%, and Cardano was up around 3%. Solana, the fifth cryptocurrency by market cap, also gained almost 4%. The current failure of President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation may be a plus for crypto investors as the bill contained provisions that would close a tax loophole on crypto assets. Avalanche caught Bank of America’s attention, resulting in a subsequent increase of the value of the token. A team of analysts from BoA published a note commending the network’s low transactions fees and scalability. BoA sees Avalanche as a viable alternative to Ethereum. Avalanche is up 15% in the last 24 hours. The live Terra price today is just under $82 with a 24-hour trading volume of $3.6 billion. Luna, the native token of Terra, is up 8% in the last 24 hours. The Terra blockchain passed BSC to become the second-largest by TVL. Another big winner today is Polygon. The live Polygon price today is $2.30 with a 24-hour trading volume of $2.14 billion. It is up 11.18% in the last 24 hours. Top movers Outside the top 20, most coins were up between 1% and 7%. Helium’s price movement is notable. It has risen in the past two straight days as investors cheer the implementation by Dish Network. The HNT token is trading at around $35, which is about 45% above the lowest level this month. This jump has brought its total market capitalization to more than $3.52 billion. Today, Helium is up 16%. Harmony is about to break the top 50. ONE, its native token, is trading at $0.24, which is about 82% above its lowest level this month. Its total market capitalization has jumped to more than $2.7 billion, making it the 52nd biggest cryptocurrency in the world. Harmony is one of the fastest-growing layer 2 networks for Ethereum. Today, it is also up 16%. THORCHain is a decentralized liquidity protocol that allows users to easily exchange cryptocurrency assets across a range of networks without losing full custody of their assets in the process. With THORChain, users can simply swap one asset for another in a permissionless setting, without needing to rely on order books to source liquidity. Instead, market prices are maintained through the ratio of assets in a pool. Its native token, RUNE, gained 14% today. Kadena is reversing some recent losses. It is up almost 10% today. Another big gainer is HOLO with 14%. Trending SILVA Token is a unique service that allows individuals to make payments from the comfort of their home in fiat currencies or crypto-currencies, to multiple online and offline stores. The multifunctional platform allows each participant to keep money in a multicurrency online wallet, buy and sell currency on the exchange, invest money, and more. Today, this BSC token has gained 5,362%. Share this article Categories Markets