ETH and XRP See Major Boost Amid Checkered Market Outlook

Tuesday, September 18: while the wider crypto markets remain shaky, Ripple has today seen a major price boost, and Ethereum has also strongly rebounded from recent losses, as data from Coin360 shows.

On the week, Bitcoin is up 0.65 percent, with losses on the month now at 3.5 percent.

Ethereum's ascent has tempered off slightly in the hour before press time, but the top alt is still bullishly holding fort at $213.On the week, Ethereum's gains are over 7 percent; monthly losses remain a start 33.4 percent.

Ripple has seen the largest gains among all the large-market-cap coins, soaring 18 percent on the day to trade at $0.32 at press time.

Ripple's skyrocket kicked off this afternoon, bringing its weekly gains to an exceptional 21.75 percent.

On the month XRP remain down by around 10.7 percent.

Other strong performers among the top ten coins listed on CoinMarketCap are Stellar, up 4.6 percent to trade at $0.21, Bitcoin Cash - up 1.7 percent at $440.60 - and Cardano, up 1.46 percent at $0.068.

Most of the other top twenty coins are in the red, with Tezos taking the hardest hit, down 10.14 percent at $1.47.

IOTA is down 3.6 percent at $0.53, but other losses among the top twenty are capped within a 2 percent range.

Total market capitalization has surged from around $192 billion to over $200 billion as of press time.24-hour chart of the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies from CoinMarketCap.