Crypto market overview: BTC/USD fails to stay above $10,000, bulls slightly edge out the bears
- Bitcoin (BTC/USD) reached a high of $10,200 before settling for $9,855.
- Dash (DASH/USD) with a rise of 4.60% was the biggest winner among the top 20.
Bitcoin managed to cross $10,000 for a while before the bears stepped in to correct the price to $9,855. Let’s take a closer look at how the top three did and then reveal the biggest winners and losers of the day, among the top 20 coins.
Top three coins
- Bitcoin: BTC/USD went up from $9,775 to $9,855, after reaching a high of $10,200. Before this, BTC/USD had four straight bearish days where its price fell from $10,767 to $9,769.25
- Ethereum: ETH/USD went up from $216.50 to $218.50 as Thursday came to a close. ETH/USD was able to have two bullish days in a row after three straight bearish days.
- Ripple: XRP/USD went down from $0.317 to $0.313 this Thursday. Ripple has now had four bearish days out of the last five.
Biggest winners and losers (top 20 coins)
- Dash (DASH/USD) with a rise of 4.60% was the biggest winner among the top 20 and is currently priced at $114.40.
- Neo (NEO/USD) went up by 2.11% and is trading for $11.93.
- TRON (TRX/USD) went down by 2.17% and was the biggest loser among the top 20. It is currently priced at $0.0229.
Author
Rajarshi Mitra
Independent Analyst
Rajarshi entered the blockchain space in 2016. He is a blockchain researcher who has worked for Blockgeeks and has done research work for several ICOs. He gets regularly invited to give talks on the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.
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