The bitcoin price on Saturday rose by 9 percent and has reached its highest in two weeks. The price has reached $ 41,473.81 with a 46 percent rise in volume of the most popular cryptocurrency standing at $30,509,869,557 USD. On Friday, bitcoin saw an 11 percent jump in its price. In one week it has surged 9.05 percent.
The price of bitcoin surged about $3,504.50 in a single day. Important to note here that bitcoin has a market cap of $785,236,972,788 USD.
The price of cryptocurrency Ethereum rose by 6 percent and reached $3,010.25. The ethereum with a 18.99 percent rise volume of ethereum stood at $17,771,944,408 USD.Ether scaled $3000 for the first time since January 21.BNB gained 11.88 percent, Solana gained 10.06 percent, Terra gained 11.19 percent, Dogecoin gained 6.67 percent and Polkadot gained 11.44 percent within 24 hours.
| No. | Cryptocurrency Name | Percentage Change | Price |
| 1 | Bitcoin | 9.58% | $41,427 |
| 2 | Ethereum | 6.89% | $3,014 |
| 3 | Cardano | 9.47% | $1.15 |
| 4 | Tether | 11.43% | $1.0 |
| 5 | Terra | 11.78% | $56.70 |
| 6 | XRP | 9.22% | $0.6708 |
| 7 | Solana | 9.84% | $114.60 |
| 8 | Avalanche | 10.74% | $78.60 |
| 9 | Dogecoin | 7.10% | $0.1493 |
| 10 | Polkadot | 11.89% | $21.61 |
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2022-23 announced 30 percent tax on gains of digital assets and 1 percent TDS on the purchase. The most important news of the Union Budget for crypto enthusiasts was the announcement of digital Rupee by the Finance Minister. On the development, RBI Deputy Governor T Rabi Shankar said that the central bank is working on the plan to bring digital currency in a phased manner.
