Crypto On July 6: Bitcoin At $20,000, Sluggish Movement Prevails

KEY POINTS

Bitcoin and Ethereum retained $20,000 and $1,100, respectively
The biggest gainers included Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and Cosmos (ATOM)
The biggest losers were Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Litecoin (LTC)

The crypto market opened Wednesday with Bitcoin (BTC) reclaiming $20,000. In the last 24 hours, BTC slipped below $20,000 for a brief duration, and as of 12:30 a.m. ET, the price of the world's biggest cryptocurrency was $20,100, confirming a back-and-forth sideways and sluggish trading pattern.

As per CoinMarketCap (CMC), the market dominance of Bitcoin stood at 42.55% while the market capitalization of the cryptocurrency stood at $385 billion.

On the other hand, the second-biggest cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH), dropped around 1% in the last 24 hours. The price of 1 ETH as of 12:36 a.m. ET was $1,138. According to CMC, the market dominance of Ether stood at 15.26% while the market capitalization of ETH stood at $138.6 billion.

The biggest gainers in the crypto space included Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), Cosmos (ATOM), and The Sandbox (SAND). These tokens rose by 1.04%, 3.8%, 3.44% and 5.23%, respectively. As per CMC, the price of these tokens as of 12:40 a.m. ET was $36.07, $18.45, $9.18 and $1.25.

The biggest losers in the crypto market were Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), Litecoin (LTC), Near Protocol (NEAR) and Chainlink (LINK). These cryptocurrencies dropped 2.6%, 3.77%, 3.07%, 3.27% and 2.28%, respectively. The prices of these coins as of 12:44 a.m. ET were $0.0674, $0.00001034, $50.12, $3.39, and $6.29.