Bitcoin Price Holds Strong, Ethereum Reaches $600: Crypto Markets Brief

What Happened: Bitcoin price has been going steady, gaining 9.57% over a week. It traded at $18,334.95 at press time.

The leading altcoin Ethereum price has reached the $600 mark for the first time since July 2018. The digital coin gained 32.29% over the week and traded at $605.

The current market capitalization of the crypto industry is $551,092,579,109.

Why It Matters: The crypto industry has seen major institutional players coming this quarter, more than in the previous one, according to a JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM report, as per CoinDesk.

The banking giant launched a blockchain unit called Onyx with a JPM Coin ready for cwommercial use in October, a crypto publication and research platform the Block has reported.

Paypal Holdings Inc PYPL's crypto payment and trading platform went live for US citizens on Nov. 12.