Ark Trading 10.4% Higher Over Last Week (ARK)

Ark (ARK) traded down 7.3% against the dollar during the one day period ending at 16:00 PM Eastern on October 9th. One Ark coin can now be bought for about $0.43 or 0.00000708 BTC on exchanges. Ark has a market cap of $79.49 million and approximately $25.40 million worth of Ark was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last seven days, Ark has traded up 10.4% against the dollar.

Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:

• TRON (TRX) traded up 1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.16 or 0.00000264 BTC.
• EOS (EOS) traded down 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.46 or 0.00000753 BTC.
• BitTorrent-New (BTT) traded down 0.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Tezos (XTZ) traded down 1.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.64 or 0.00001057 BTC.
• Terra Classic (LUNC) traded 2.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• aelf (ELF) traded down 0.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.37 or 0.00000606 BTC.
• Terra (LUNA) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.35 or 0.00000582 BTC.
• Lisk (LSK) traded up 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.82 or 0.00001338 BTC.
• USDX [Kava] (USDX) traded down 3.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.67 or 0.00001099 BTC.

Ark Coin 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 183,974,192 coins and its circulating supply is 183,974,222 coins. Ark’s official website is ark.io. The Reddit community for Ark is https://reddit.com/r/arkecosystem and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. The official message board for Ark is arkscic.com/blog. Ark’s official Twitter account is @arkecosystem and its Facebook page is accessible 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 presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Ark directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Ark should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Changelly or Gemini. 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