Top Five Crypto Closing Price_2017-2023

Published: 8 April 2024| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/2rz5fw8nc3.1
Contributor:
Huy Bui

Description

This is a dataset in Excel format, that comprises daily closing prices for the top five cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Binance Coin (BNB), Ripple (XRP), and Cardano (ADA), spanning from October 1, 2017, to March 23, 2023. Collected from the Coin Market Cap website, this comprehensive dataset provides valuable insights into the price dynamics and market behavior of these leading digital currencies over the specified period.

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Steps to reproduce

The dataset was assembled by first visiting the Coin Market Cap website and accessing the individual pages for each cryptocurrency: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Binance Coin (BNB), Ripple (XRP), and Cardano (ADA). For each currency, trading data was downloaded as a CSV file by clicking the 'Download' button located at the top right of the price graph on each page. The relevant closing price data was then extracted from each CSV file and combined into a single Excel file to consolidate the daily closing prices for all five cryptocurrencies from October 1, 2017, to March 23, 2023.

Institutions

Taylor's University Taylor's Business School

Categories

Financial Market, Digital Finance

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