Investing.com - Ethereum rose above the $268.44 threshold on Tuesday. Ethereum was trading at 268.44 by 02:33 (07:33 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 7.22% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since February 12.
The move upwards pushed Ethereum's market cap up to $29.41B, or 10.05% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, Ethereum's market cap was $135.58B.
Ethereum had traded in a range of $263.39 to $271.47 in the previous twenty-four hours.
Over the past seven days, Ethereum has seen a rise in value, as it gained 21.54%. The volume of Ethereum traded in the twenty-four hours to time of writing was $25.72B or 14.46% of the total volume of all cryptocurrencies. It has traded in a range of $236.7348 to $287.9298 in the past 7 days.
At its current price, Ethereum is still down 81.14% from its all-time high of $1,423.20 set on January 13, 2018.
Elsewhere in cryptocurrency trading
Bitcoin was last at $9,792.5 on the Investing.com Index, up 0.19% on the day.
XRP was trading at $0.29093 on the Investing.com Index, a gain of 3.35%.
Bitcoin's market cap was last at $178.40B or 60.98% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, while XRP's market cap totaled $12.73B or 4.35% of the total cryptocurrency market value.