Ark Trading Down 3.2% Over Last 7 Days (ARK)

Ark (ARK) traded 1.5% higher against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 21:00 PM ET on August 18th. One Ark coin can currently be purchased for approximately $0.32 or 0.00000538 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Over the last week, Ark has traded 3.2% lower against the US dollar. Ark has a market cap of $57.63 million and $7.13 million worth of Ark was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

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

• TRON (TRX) traded up 0.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.13 or 0.00000229 BTC.
• EOS (EOS) traded down 0.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.50 or 0.00000846 BTC.
• BitTorrent-New (BTT) traded up 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Tezos (XTZ) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.65 or 0.00001108 BTC.
• Terra Classic (LUNC) traded down 0.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• aelf (ELF) traded up 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.38 or 0.00000655 BTC.
• Terra (LUNA) traded 0.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.32 or 0.00000544 BTC.
• Lisk (LSK) traded 1.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.84 or 0.00001438 BTC.
• USDX [Kava] (USDX) traded 0.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.79 or 0.00001356 BTC.

About Ark

Ark is a distributed proof-of-stake (dPOS) coin that uses the DPoS hashing algorithm. It was first traded on June 8th, 2016. Ark’s total supply is 182,883,446 coins and its circulating supply is 182,883,006 coins. Ark’s official Twitter account is @arkecosystem and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Ark is https://reddit.com/r/arkecosystem and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Ark’s official website is ark.io. Ark’s official message board is arkscic.com/blog.

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 presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Ark directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade Ark should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Coinbase, Changelly or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase Ark using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

ARK/USD price chart by TradingView