Crypto On Oct. 18: Bitcoin Fails To Break $20,000 As Altcoins Turn Bullish

The crypto market painted a bullish picture Tuesday with leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) slightly in the green, while altcoins jumped significantly.

The world's biggest cryptocurrency aimed for the $20,000 price level, which is a psychological resistance level. Meanwhile, ETH reclaimed $1,300 Monday and had been holding above it.

The trading volume of BTC rose 48.74% in the last 24 hours, while that of ETH surged 22.41%. The price of BTC increased by 1.83%, while ETH was up 2.58% at the same time.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, BTC and ETH tokens were priced at $19,547 and $1,334 respectively as of 12.00 a.m. ET.

The crypto fear and greed index indicates the market is in "extreme fear" as its value rose to 22.

BTC was up 2.58% in the last seven days, while ETH's price was up 4.37%.

Other top 10 crypto coins were bullish with Binance Coin (BNB) up 1.05% to $274.77; Solana (SOL) up 3.69% to $31.12; Cardano (ADA) up 0.99% to $0.371; Dogecoin (DOGE) up 2.02% to $0.05996 and Ripple (XRP) up 1.91% to $0.4771.

The top gainers included Huobi Token (HT), which rose 13.34% to $7.68; Maker (MKR), which was up 11.47% to $1094.97; Curve DAO Token (CRV), which was up 10.78% to $0.9032 and Lido DAO (LIDO), which was up 9.62% to $1.50.

The top losers in the crypto market were Ethereum Name Service (ENS), which was down 3.83% to $18.92; Casper (CSPR), which slipped 5.85% to $0.0459; XDC Network (XDC), which was down 0.83% to $0.03169 and Terra (LUNA), which dropped 0.78% to $2.62.

Other major tokens that were bullish included Polkadot (DOT), which jumped 1.73% to $6.24; Avalanche (AVAX), which was up 3.33% to $16.23 and Polygon (MATIC), which rose 7.97% to $0.8641.