In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin Gold and Ethereum Classic have been rising sharply. Ethereum Classic is up nearly 9% in the past 24 hours while Bitcoin Gold is up more than 23% over the same period of time. Bitcoin Gold around 13% on both Bitcoin and Ethereum, picked up nearly 50% in the past week and more than 30% in the past month. Meanwhile, Ethereum Classic gained more than 23% on both Ethereum and Bitcoin, 24% in the past week, and a little more than 24% in the past month. These 2 tokens were not among the most mentioned coins on Twitter ($TWTR@US), even as the project behind Ethereum Classic said that the largest EVM proof of work ecosystem would be disenfranchised as Ethereum migrates to a proof-of-stake protocol. At press time, Ethereum Classic was up nearly 7%, trading just under $39.