Crypto On Oct. 21: Bitcoin Barely Holds $19,000, Ether Dips Below $1,300

The crypto market did not show any significant price movement Friday as Bitcoin (BTC) was barely holding $19,000 while Ether (ETH) lost the $1,300 price level, which it had reclaimed earlier this week.

Almost all of the altcoins were bearish barring a few exceptions.

The trading volume of BTC rose 0.34% in the last 24 hours, while that of ETH dipped 3.14%. The price of BTC dipped by 0.36%, while ETH was up 0.11% at the same time.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, BTC and ETH tokens were priced at $19,064 and $1,287, respectively, as of 12.36 a.m. ET.

The crypto fear and greed index indicated that the market was in "extreme fear" as its value was 23.

BTC was down 3.80% in the last seven days, while ETH's price was down 3.04%.

Other top 10 crypto coins were bearish with Binance Coin (BNB) down 1.32% to $268.30; Solana (SOL) down 3.13% to $28.13; Cardano (ADA) down 4.29% to $0.3396; Dogecoin (DOGE) down 1.02% to $0.05894; and Ripple (XRP) down 2.68% to $0.4465.

Additionally, as per the ADA price prediction from Bitnation, the ADA token is expected to reach a maximum price of $0.610245 by the end of 2022 while the SOL price prediction expects the SOL token to trade above $50.65 by the same period.

The top gainers included Toncoin (TON), which rose 9.53% to $1.35; Huobi Token (HT), which was up 2.51% to $7.84; Lido DAO (LIDO), which was up 4.49% to $1.50; and Casper (CSPR), which was up 4.30% to $0.04299.

The top losers in the crypto market were Uniswap (UNI), which was down 6.13% to $6.06; Terra Classic (LUNC), which slipped 5.41% to $0.0002376; Axie Infinity (AXS), which was down 6.86% to $9.24; and TerraClassicUSD (USTC), which dropped 6.08% to $0.03686.

Other popular tokens that were bearish included Polkadot (DOT), which dropped 4.08% to $5.87; Avalanche (AVAX), which was down 1.53% to $15.04; and Polygon (MATIC), which dropped 3.16% to $0.8112.