Crypto On Oct. 10: Bitcoin Retains $19,000, Ether Holds Above $1,300

KEY POINTS

The best performers were MKR, CSPR, HT and USTC
The fear and greed index was at 22
The top losers were TON, HNT, CVX and XMR

The crypto market opened on a tad bullish note Monday, with leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) slightly green. They were up 0.36% and 0.89% in the last 24 hours.

The world's biggest cryptocurrency broke below the psychological support level of $20,000last week but has retained the $19,000 price level over the weekend. Ethereum's price has consolidated above the $1,300 level. The trading volume of BTC surged 7.54% in the last 24 hours, while that of ETH was up by 4.07%.

BTC and ETH tokens were priced at $19,465 and $1,324 respectively as of 1.09 a.m. ET, according to data from CoinMarketCap. The crypto fear and greed index was in the "extreme fear" zone as its value dropped to 22.

BTC was up 1.18% in the last seven days, while ETH's price jumped 2.17%.

Other top 10 crypto coins showed slightly bullish movement with Binance Coin (BNB) up 0.63% to $278.19, Solana (SOL) up 1.62% to $33.08, Cardano (ADA) up 0.50% to $0.4238, Dogecoin (DOGE) up 1.29% to $0.06227 and Ripple (XRP) up 4.38% to $0.5345.

The top gainers included Maker (MKR), which was up 6.13% to $932.41; Huobi Token (HT), which was up 6.65% to $4.44; Casper (CSPR), which was up 4.16% to $0.03628 and TerraClassicUSD (USTC), which was up 13.49% to $0.03312.

The top losers in the crypto market were Convex Finance (CVX), which was down 1.19% to $5.46; Toncoin (TON), which slipped 1.77% to $1.31; Monero (XMR), which was down 1.51% to $145.62 and Helium (HNT), which dropped 0.94% to $4.58.

Other major tokens that were bullish included Polkadot (DOT), which rose 2.25% to $6.46 and Polygon (MATIC), which was up 2.40% to $0.8311.