Cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin, ether, dogecoin, cardano surge. Check latest rates

cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, DogeCoin, Ripple, Litecoin representations are placed on PC motherboard in this illustration (REUTERS)

• US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on Wednesday applied to trade crypto futures in derivatives push

Cryptocurrency prices today surged with Bitcoin trading above $48,000 level. The world's largest crypto by market capitalization surged 2% to $48,004. In August, Bitcoin rose over 18%, whereas it is up over 65% this year, while ether saw a larger monthly increase of 35.7% in August. 

Ether, the coin linked to ethereum blockchain gained over 5% to $3,602. Cardano prices rose 4% to $2.47 whereas dogecoin rose 2% to $0.24. Other virtual tokens including Stellar, Uniswap, Litecoin also surged over the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, Solana was trading lower at $155.