KEY POINTS

  • Ether outperformed BTC as its dominance rose to 19.83%
  • The biggest gainers include BTCST, CEL, RUNE, ATOM, and ADA
  • The worst performers include OP, EPS, and SPELL

The crypto market opened on a bullish note Thursday, as leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) turned bullish and prices soared by 7.43% and 12.94% in the last 24 hours.

While Bitcoin (BTC) rallied above $24,000 and is now aiming to breach through $25,000, Ether (ETH) reclaimed $1,900, but failed to retain prices above it. The prices of these tokens as of 2.17 am ET are $24,506 and $1,895 respectively, according to CoinMarketCap.

The market dominance of Ether rose to 19.83%, while that of BTC dropped to 40.36% in the last 24 hours as once again, the former continues to outperform the latter.

The top 10 cryptocurrencies in the market were also bullish with Binance Coin (BNB) up by 4.77% to 332.80; Ripple (XRP) up by 5.96% to $0.3828; Cardano (ADA) up by 6.82% to $0.544; Solana (SOL) up by 12.84% to $44.56; and Polkadot (DOT) up by 9.88% to $9.47 as of 2:20 am ET.

Additionally, the biggest gainers in the market include Uniswap (UNI), which is up by 10.29% to $9.23; Cosmos (ATOM), which is up by 13.48% to $12.22; Vechain (VET), which is up by 11.32% to 0.03283; Elrond (EGLD), which is up by 11.95% to $68.35; and THORChain (RUNE), which is up by 18.17% to $3.12 as of 2.21 am ET.

The worst performers in the crypto market as of 2:23 am ET include Optimism (OP), which is down by 2.09% to $1.65; Spell Token (SPELL), which is down by 4.20% to $0.001504; and Ellipsis (EPS), which is down by 0.12% to $0.1874.

Moreover, other notable performers as of 2.23 am ET include Celsius (CEL), which is up by 32.16% to $2.36; Bitcoin Standard Hashrate Token (BTCST), which is up by 34.98% to $24.53; and iExec (RLC), which is up by 53.52% to $1.58.

Illustration shows representation of cryptocurrency Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dash plunging into water