Most cryptocurrency prices declined during Wednesday's trading, affected by a decline in investor risk appetite amid the ongoing US government shutdown for a second week.
Bitcoin rose 0.3% to $121,949.22 at 11:27 AM Mecca time, accounting for approximately 58.3% of the total cryptocurrency market value.
Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell 0.15% to $4,471.95, and Ripple fell 0.3% to $2,866.
The global cryptocurrency market capitalization stands at $4.16 trillion, with total trading volume over the past 24 hours reaching $242.24 billion, according to CoinMarketCap data.
Markets are awaiting the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve's latest meeting, during which policymakers cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point, later today
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