KEY POINTS

  • The best performers were XEM, AR and RVN
  • The worst performers were ETC, ATOM, LTC and EOS
  • In the last seven days, BTC rose 10.41%, while ETH was up 10.88%.

The crypto market turned a tad bearish with the dawn of a new week after Bitcoin (BTC) rallied past the $21,000 price level and Ether (ETH) broke the $1,700 price region over the weekend.

According to the data from CoinMarketCap, the price of BTC and ETH tokens as of 1.06 a.m. ET was $21,727 and $1,727, respectively. The world's biggest cryptocurrency BTC rose by 0.80% in the last 24 hours while ETH dropped by 1.86% in the same duration.

According to data from Alternative.me, the crypto market sentiment was "extreme fear" despite the bullish momentum witnessed over the weekend. Moreover, the value of the Fear and Greed Index was 25. In the last seven days, BTC rose 10.41%, while ETH's price increased 10.88%.

The other top 10 cryptocurrencies were in red except Solana (SOL), which was up 0.53% to $34.89. Binance Coin (BNB) up down 0.49% to $293.31; Cardano (ADA) down 1.44% to $0.5044; Polkadot (DOT) down 1.04% to $7.66; and Ripple (XRP) down 1.15% to $0.3515.

The top losers in the crypto market included Ethereum Classic (ETC), which was down 2.98% to $37.76; Uniswap (UNI), which was down 1.06% to $6.49; Litecoin (LTC), which was down 3.37% to $61.09; EOS (EOS), which was down 5.41% to $1.67; and Cosmos (ATOM), which was down 2.37% to $15.38.

The best performers in the crypto space included NEM (XEM), which was up 4.07% to $0.04762, Arweave (AR), which was up 2.38% to $11.30, and Ravencoin (RVN), which was up 3.27% to $0.05431.

Interestingly, metaverse token The Sandbox (SAND) was down 1.75% to $0.9673 and Decentraland (MANA) was down 1.56% to $0.7988 as of 1.15 a.m. ET.

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