Leading cryptocurrencies rallied Sunday overnight as investors remained optimistic following a healthy employment report.
Cryptocurrency
Gains +/-
Price (Recorded at 8:45 p.m. EDT)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)
+2.51%
$63,448.35
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
+3.17%
$2,485.32
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)
+3.53%
$0.113
What Happened: Bitcoin steadily inched upward throughout the day, before a sharp breakout to nearly $64,000 late evening. The world’s largest cryptocurrency attempted to recover from last week’s losses, exacerbated by geopolitical tensions.
The late-hour surge also saw Ethereum spike to $2,490, up from a loss of more than 5% the previous week.
Total cryptocurrency liquidations hit nearly $112 million in the last 24 hours, with downside bets getting the most affected.
Bitcoin’s Open Interest soared 5.83% in the last 24 hours, indicating a sharp surge in speculative interest for the leading cryptocurrency.
The Cryptocurrency Fear & Greed entered the “Neutral” zone after languishing in “Fear” last week.
Top Gainers (24-Hours)
Cryptocurrency
Gains +/-
Price (Recorded at 8:45 p.m. EDT)
Popcat (POPCAT)
+18.22%
$1.44
dogwifhat (WIF)
+16.52%
$2.60
BIttensor (TAO)
+15.41%
$645.02
The global cryptocurrency stood at $2.2 trillion, …
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