Leading cryptocurrencies traded flat, while stocks added to their gains on Tuesday as President Donald Trump hinted at a second round of peace talks with Iran.
Cryptocurrency
24-Hour Gains +/-
Price (Recorded at 9:20 p.m. EDT)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)
+0.68%
$74,755.82
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
-1.03%
$2,339.24
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
-0.11%
$1.36
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
-2.59%
$83.72
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
+0.24%
$0.09344
Cryptos Pare Gains
Bitcoin rallied to $76,060, its highest in more than two months. Similarly, Ethereum spiked to $2,415, revising levels last seen in early February. Late in the session, however, both coins erased their earlier advances.
Shares of Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) closed up 3.82% and 5.69%, respectively.
Nearly $440 million was liquidated in the past 24 hours, with $240 million in bearish short bets evaporated, according to Coinglass data.
Open interest in Bitcoin futures rose 1.62% in the last 24 hours to $56.94 billion. Since the beginning of the month, the open interest has surged 14%.
However, the majority of retail and whale derivatives traders on Binance were betting on BTC’s price decline, according to the Long/Short ratio.
“Extreme Fear” sentiment persisted in the market, according to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index.
Top Gainers (24 Hours)Â
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