Ark (ARK) Hits 24-Hour Trading Volume of $6.27 Million

Ark (ARK) traded 1.6% higher against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 14:00 PM E.T. on August 17th. One Ark coin can now be purchased for about $0.31 or 0.00000525 BTC on popular exchanges. Ark has a market capitalization of $57.05 million and $6.27 million worth of Ark was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last seven days, Ark has traded 11.7% lower against the dollar.

Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:

• TRON (TRX) traded up 2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.14 or 0.00000228 BTC.
• EOS (EOS) traded up 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.50 or 0.00000845 BTC.
• BitTorrent-New (BTT) traded 0.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Tezos (XTZ) traded up 0.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.65 or 0.00001092 BTC.
• Terra Classic (LUNC) traded up 1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• aelf (ELF) traded 2.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.38 or 0.00000646 BTC.
• Terra (LUNA) traded 0.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.31 or 0.00000528 BTC.
• Lisk (LSK) traded 1.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.83 or 0.00001394 BTC.
• USDX [Kava] (USDX) traded down 0.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.79 or 0.00001325 BTC.

Ark Profile

Ark is a distributed proof-of-stake (dPOS) coin that uses the DPoS hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was June 8th, 2016. Ark’s total supply is 182,855,090 coins and its circulating supply is 182,854,214 coins. The official website for Ark is ark.io. Ark’s official Twitter account is @arkecosystem and its Facebook page is accessible here. Ark’s official message board is arkscic.com/blog. The Reddit community for Ark is https://reddit.com/r/arkecosystem and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.

According to CryptoCompare, “ARK is a cryptocurrency token of the ARK Public Network (APN), a blockchain platform that empowers developers and users by providing tools to create and deploy blockchains. ARK tokens are used for transaction fees, voting in the Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) consensus mechanism, and staking to earn passive rewards. The project was launched in 2016 by a group of 27 individuals from diverse backgrounds.”

Buying and Selling Ark

It is usually not currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Ark directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Ark should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Coinbase, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Ark using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

ARK/USD price chart by TradingView