The wider cryptocurrency market continued to rise for a second straight day, with Ethereum Classic surging and Dfinity’s Internet Computer token again posting some of the largest gains.
Ethereum Classic (ETC), the cryptocurrency that split from the larger Ethereum blockchain following the infamous The DAO hack in 2016, is up more than 31% over the last 24 hours, data from CoinGecko shows, to a current price of $57, with its seven-day price increase topping 41%.
On Monday, Ethereum Classic developers announced that a forthcoming “Magneto” network update, due in late July, will implement recent Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) upgrades recently made to the standard Ethereum blockchain. Despite the daily rise, Ethereum Classic is still far below its May all-time high of $167, which it set while riding Ethereum’s own upward momentum at the time.
Ethereum (ETH) itself has also posted significant gains this week, rising from a low of just above $1,700 on Sunday to a recent high o
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