A risk-off move in broader financial markets on Monday also weighed on prices.

The partnership brings together the fourth-largest U.S. ETF issuer and an up-and-coming crypto-focused financial services firm.

Ether is the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum. Released in 2015, Ethereum is designed to be a general purpose blockchain platform. That’s in contrast to Bitcoin, which excels in its single use case as a digital currency, but isn’t as extensible. 

Bitcoin is the first decentralized cryptocurrency and the first application of blockchain technology

Dogecoin is one of the world’s most popular 'memecoins.' Launched at the end of 2013, Dogecoin was originally created as a joke, but it’s since become something seriously valuable.

XRP is the native cryptocurrency of the XRP ledger—a blockchain optimized for payments. According to Ripple, the company that created XRP, the blockchain can process 1,500 transactions per second.

Bitcoin and ether prices edged higher, while Solana plunged 20% week-over-week.

Year-to-date inflows now stand at $670 billion.

Technologies don’t long exist outside of public policy frameworks.