Crypto On Oct. 4: Bitcoin Eyes $20,000, Ether Back Above $1,300

The crypto market opened Monday on a bullish note with leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether trading in green. The world's biggest cryptocurrency successfully retained $19,000, while ETH reclaimed the $1,300 price level.

Ether lost the $1,300 price level Monday but had been holding above $1,200, which is a region of psychological support.

The trading volume of BTC jumped 27.20% in the last 24 hours, while that of ETH surged 12.71%. The price of BTC surged 2.22% while ETH jumped 2.80% in the same period.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, BTC and ETH tokens were priced at $19,599 and $1,328 respectively as of 12.08 a.m. ET. The crypto fear and greed index was in the "extreme fear" zone as it dropped to 20.

BTC was down 2.54% in the last seven days, while ETH's price fell 4.11%.

Other top 10 crypto coins in the market also showed bullish movement, with Binance Coin (BNB) up 0.80% to $287.67; Solana (SOL) up 2.34% to $33.10; Cardano (ADA) up 1.25% to $0.4278; Dogecoin (DOGE) up 1.28% to $0.06029 and Ripple (XRP) up 1.50% to $0.4548.

The top gainers included Uniswap (UNI), which was up 4.40% to $6.64; Maker (MKR), which was up 9% to $839.88; Comos (ATOM), which was up 5.49% to $12.93; and Chainlink (LINK), which was up 4.88% to $7.53.

The top losers in the crypto market were Stellar (XLM), which was down 2.09% to $0.1166; Terra Classic (LUNC), which slipped 6.45% to $0.0003112; Toncoin (TON), which was down 1.76% to $1.34; and Helium (HNT), which dropped 2.53% to $4.87.

Other major tokens that were bullish included Polkadot (DOT), which jumped 2.36% to $6.38; Polygon (MATIC), which rose 5.32% to $0.816 and Avalanche (AVAX), which jumped 3.69% to $17.24.