Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin Drops Below $90K

Ether is a cryptocurrency run on the Ethereum blockchain platform and was launched in July 2015. It has the second largest market share, despite being the newest of the three discussed in this article. Ether's closing price fell below $3,000 for the first time in two weeks. ETH is now down ~12% year-to-date and is ~39% below its record close from August 2025. XRP Bitcoin Bitcoin was the world's first cryptocurrency and decentralized digital currency. The first bitcoin transaction occurred in early 2009 and ...