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Major cryptocurrencies consolidated, while stocks edged higher on Monday, as investors looked for clues about the “Santa Claus Rally”.
|
Cryptocurrency |
Profit +/- |
Price (Recorded at 8:20 pm ET) |
|---|---|---|
|
Bitcoin (CRYPT: BTC) |
-0.51% |
$88,552.83 |
|
Ethereum (CRYPT: ETH) |
-0.51% |
$3,019.10 |
|
XRP (CRYPT: XRP) |
-1.41% |
$1.90 |
|
Solana (CRYPT: SOL) |
-0.37% |
$126.34 |
|
Dogecoin (CRYPT: DOGE) |
+0.38% |
$0.1327 |
Bitcoin it briefly rallied past $90,000 but was unable to hold onto the gains, falling back to around $88,000. Trading volume for the apex cryptocurrency increased by 61% to $36 billion in the last 24 hours.
Ethereum spent around the level of $ 3,000, while the trading volume increased by 52%.
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As of this writing, Bitcoin accounted for a 59% share of the market, while Ethereum’s dominance exceeded 12%.
Shares of stocks linked to cryptocurrency Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) closed down 0.30% and 0.86%, respectively, during the regular trading session.
More than $200 million has been liquidated from the cryptocurrency market in the last 24 hours, according to Coinglass, with nearly $130 million in long liquidations being lost.
Bitcoin open interest increased by 1.04% in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, more than 66% of Binance traders with open BTC positions were positioned long, according to the Long / Short Ratio.
The sentiment of “Extreme Fear” prevails in the market, according to the Crypto Fear and Greed Index.
Best gain (24 hours)
|
Cryptocurrency (Market Cap > $100 M) |
Profit +/- |
Price (Recorded at 8:20 pm ET) |
|
Protocol on Humanity (H) |
+42.63% |
$0.2061 |
|
A river (FALSE) |
+14.84% |
$5.40 |
|
Come on (UPDATE) |
+13.28% |
$0.1615 |
The global cryptocurrency market capitalization was $3 trillion, after a modest decline of 0.48% in the last 24 hours.