Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $9,687 representing a 0.87% loss in value in the last 24 hours and 1 % for today's session Looking at performance relative to its peers, Ether (ETH) and XRP are both underperforming versus Bitcoin at the moment. Ether, the second-biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, being down 1.29% and XRP 1.22% in the last 24 hours. But both have outperformed Bitcoin this week with ETH up a notable 9% over the last seven days. Bitcoin dominance remains at 65% and continues to lose ground following a strong couple of weeks for altcoins.