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Most large cryptocurrencies were up during U.S. morning trading on Friday, with XRP seeing the biggest move, jumping 13.90% to $1.42.
Seven additional currencies posted increases Friday. Sui rose 10.00% to 80 cents, and Cardano rose 9.97% to 22 cents.
Bitcoin rose 6.30% to $77,227.50, while Avalanche increased 5.20% to $7.58. Dogecoin climbed 3.99% to 8 cents.
Solana and Ethereum rounded out the increases for Friday, with gains of 3.99% to $91.03 and 2.95% to $2,386.27, respectively.
On the other hand, Tronix posted the only drop, falling 0.05% to 34 cents.
In crypto-related company news, shares of Coinbase Global Inc. increased 9.96% to $189.52, while Strategy Inc. increased 5.87% to $118.99. Riot Platforms Inc. shares increased 3.48% to $21.71, and shares of MARA Holdings Inc. rose 9.42% to $12.20.
Block Inc. climbed 0.70% to $80.64 and Tesla Inc. rose 2.34% to $353.20.
PayPal Holdings Inc. sank 0.26% to $62.14, and Ebang International Holdings Inc. shares climbed 0.69% to $2.20. NVIDIA Corp. inched down 0.20% to $216.41, and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. climbed 0.10% to $469.95.
In the fund space, the Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF , which is focused on pure-play crypto companies, increased 4.55% to $25.71. Blockchain-focused Amplify Blockchain Technology ETF increased 3.02% to $63.75.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet