Bitcoin was trading at ₹74.29 lakh ($76,645.99) as of 6:30 AM IST on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, slipping 0.15% over the previous 24 hours. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value edged lower overnight, setting a cautious tone for the morning session.
Ethereum held relatively steady, quoting at ₹2.04 lakh ($2,108.82), down a marginal 0.06% in the same period. BNB was also fractionally lower, trading at ₹61,955.77 ($639.23), shedding just 0.03% over 24 hours — the smallest decline among the losers in the morning’s data.
Solana fell 0.27% to ₹8,139.55 ($83.98), while Dogecoin shed 0.26% to change hands at ₹9.95 ($0.1027). XRP registered the sharpest decline among all tracked coins, dropping 0.43% to ₹131.30 ($1.35), making it the session’s biggest loser. Cardano edged down 0.04% to ₹24.05 ($0.2481), a near-negligible move but still in negative territory.
Against the broader softness, three coins in the tracked list managed to post gains. Chainlink rose 0.29% to ₹918.44 ($9.48), and Polkadot added 0.33% to trade at ₹119.02 ($1.23). The clear outperformer, however, was Polygon, which surged 2.57% to ₹21.15 ($0.2182) — by a considerable margin the strongest 24-hour performance among all ten coins in the morning’s data set.
Of the ten cryptocurrencies tracked in this briefing, seven were in negative territory and three were in the green, pointing to a predominantly soft overnight session. Moves were modest across most of the list, with the notable exception of Polygon’s near 2.6% advance. The USD/INR rate used for conversions in this data was ₹96.92.
Market data sourced from Yahoo Finance. Prices reflect closing/last traded values as of Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 6:30 AM IST. Data may be delayed by approximately 5 minutes. This article is for informational purposes only.
