The top 10 cryptocurrencies - in pictures
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Bitcoin slid about 8 per cent to $40,237 in early Asian trading on September 21, 2021, dropping to its lowest level since the beginning of August. Reuters -
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, became the world's youngest crypto billionaire after Ether breached the $3,000 level in May this year. Bloomberg -
Tether, also known as USTD, is considered a stablecoin as it was designed to always be worth $1. Unsplash -
Cardano is growing in popularity with cryptocurrency investors after reaching a market cap of $77 billion in May this year. Unsplash -
Binance Coin is one of the biggest cryptocurrencies in the world. Alamy -
US technology company Ripple created the XRP cryptocurrency in 2012. Today, it is trading at about $0.94, according to Coinbase. Unsplash -
Solana, a programmable blockchain cryptocurrency, hit a record $80.12 in August. Bloomberg -
The USD Coin is a stablecoin with about $27 billion worth of coins in global circulation. Unsplash -
The Polkadot cryptocurrency is built on a multi-blockchain network and has a market cap of about $28.8 billion. Alamy -
Originally designed as a meme joke in 2013, Dogecoin today trades for about $0.21 and has a market capitalisation of about $27.6 billion. Getty Images
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