Bitcoin Retains $20,000, Trading Volume Takes A Dip

The crypto market remained green Thursday, with leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) successfully retaining prices above the $20,000 and $1,300 price levels, respectively.

The world's biggest cryptocurrency broke through $20,000 Wednesday. However, the trading volume of BTC dipped 1.46% in the last 24 hours, while that of ETH surged 8.62%.

The price of BTC surged 0.99% while ETH jumped 1.84% in the same period.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, BTC and ETH tokens were priced at $20,395 and $1,377, respectively, as of 12.32 a.m. ET. The crypto fear and greed index changed to "fear" as the situation improved and its value rose to 26.

BTC was up 4.42% in the last seven days, while ETH's price jumped 2.64%.

Other top 10 crypto coins in the market also showed bullish movement, with Binance Coin (BNB) up 0.57% to $296.51; Solana (SOL) up 0.84% to $34.38; Cardano (ADA) up 0.48% to $0.4351; Dogecoin (DOGE) up 1.81% to $0.06621; and Ripple (XRP) up 4.59% to $0.4979.

The top gainers included Uniswap (UNI), which was up 4.55% to $6.94; Near Protocol (NEAR), which was up 3.95% to $3.73; Trust Wallet Token (TWT), which was up 5.52% to $0.9662; and Casper (CSPR), which was up 6.36% to $0.03185.

The top losers in the crypto market were XDC Network (XDC), which was down 3.51% to $0.03017; Reserve Rights (RSR), which slipped 0.31% to $0.009075; IOTA (MIOTA), which was down 1.30% to $0.277; and Terra Classic (LUNC), which dropped 3.59% to $0.000302.

Other major tokens that were bullish included Polkadot (DOT), which jumped 1.24% to $0.8478; Polygon (MATIC), which rose 1.50% to $6.51; and Avalanche (AVAX), which jumped 1.34% to $17.57.