Bitcoin jumped about over $20 dollars today, from $429.59 to a high of $451.05. Everyone’s favorite cryptocurrency is currently quoted at $449 dollars flat. But smaller altcoins are lagging behind. Namecoin is up 3 percent while Peercoin is only higher by just under 2.5 percent today.
Namecoin up 3 Percent
Namecoin had a couple of close calls with the 40 cents level earlier in the week. The pair dipped to a low of $0.404 on Saturday. But the coin has since bounced back somewhat, mainly propped up by bitcoin’s move higher. The alternative cryptocurrency is trading higher by 1.3 cents to $0.422 or +3 percent today.
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