The most popular cryptocurrencies mainly grow in price on Friday because of a mostly positive news background. According to the StormGain cryptocurrency platform, the growth rates for individual instruments reach more than 2%.
A favorable message for investors was the news that the Japanese crypto exchange DeCurrent is going to study the infrastructure of digital payments. To do this, it creates a research group, which will include representatives of large banks, companies and experts.
In addition, the OKEx digital trading platform has launched Ethereum options in the ETH/USD pair. And the Western Union is about to acquire its competitor MoneyGram International, working with Ripple.
Probably cryptocurrencies may continue to grow, depending on the signals entering the market. We can expect that Bitcoin will strengthen to $9,900, Bitcoin Cash to $265, Ethereum to $245, XRP to $0.21, and Litecoin to $50.