August 17, 2026: Major cryptocurrencies traded higher on Monday, with Bitcoin rising 0.95% to $63,421, while Ether gained 1.62% to $1,904.44. Solana advanced 1.23% to $75.46, XRP climbed 1.17% to $1.0037, and Cardano rose 1.20% to $0.1768.
Among other major tokens, Polkadot gained 0.96%, Avalanche 0.80%, Litecoin 0.75%, Cosmos 0.54%, Binance 0.26%, Polygon 0.19%, and Uniswap 0.51%. Despite the day's gains, most major cryptocurrencies remained in negative territory on a year-to-date and year-on-year basis, with Bitcoin down 27.55% YTD and 45.48% YoY, while Ether was down 35.88% YTD and 55.88% YoY.
