Market Wrap: Bitcoin Stuck at $10.3K; Uniswap Value Locked Gyrates

It was a quiet day in the bitcoin market while there was action on Uniswap’s total crypto value locked. Indeed, bitcoin’s volume numbers Friday were tepid at best, with USD/BTC trades on spot exchanges amounting to just  $210 million, whereas daily averages the past month had been $393 million.

Bitcoin options open interest the past month.Source: Skew Karl Samsen, vice president for capital markets at trading firm Global Digital Assets, said some are staying out of the market for the time being. Uniswap’s roller-coaster ride The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, ether (ETH), was up Friday, trading around $369 and climbing 1.4% in 24 hours as of 20:00 UTC (4:00 p.m. ET).

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