Today, the highest cryptocurrency prices continued to fall as Bitcoin (BTC) prices plummeted to the $57,000 level. Additionally, Ethereum (ETH) price set itself up for a fall below $2,900, losing hold at a key level. However, other top altcoins such as Solana (SOL), XRP, and Cardano (ADA) rallied significantly and ignored the turn to the bearish side.
Today's major virtual currency prices
1. Bitcoin price
Bitcoin price fell by 4.43% As of this writing Thursday, May 2nd, it has reached $57,419.91. Meanwhile, trading volume surged 30.72% in the past 24 hours to $49.54 billion. Meanwhile, the market capitalization of cryptocurrencies decreased to $1.13 trillion.
2. Ethereum price
Ethereum's price has fallen by 2.86% to $2,912.84 at the time of writing, giving it a market valuation of $355.33 billion. Meanwhile, ETH trading volume increased by 12.01% to $20.16 billion.
3. Solana Price
Today, Solana price rebounded and inched closer to the $130 level.Solana price increased by 2.75%, It was settled for $129.31. Moreover, SOL's trading volume in the past 24 hours increased by 19.65% and reached $4.16 billion.
4. XRP Price
Meanwhile, XRP price soared above the $0.51 level. XRP price registered an increase of 1.75% and reached $0.5113. Meanwhile, XRP trading volume increased by 30.32% to $1.78 billion.
5. Cardano price
Meanwhile, Cardano cryptocurrency price rose by 0.66% today to $0.4445. Meanwhile, ADA recorded a 28.11% rise in 24-hour trading volume and settled at $533.3 million.
6. Dogecoin and Shiba Inu price
Dogecoin price fell 5.41% to $0.125, while rival Shiba Inu price fell 1.98% to trade at $0.00002168.
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Today’s top crypto earners
- Axela (AXL): The Axela cryptocurrency soared 8.11% to trade at $1.17.
- Polka dot (DOT): DOT cryptocurrency price increased by 5.22% to $6.86.
- EOS (IOS): EOS crypto price increased by 3.33% to $0.7813.
- Optimism (OP): TRX crypto price increased by 2.97% to $2.66.
Today’s Top Cryptocurrency Losers
- Helium (HNT): HNT price plunged 7.84% to $4.95.
- Toncoin (TON): Toncoin price decreased by 6.60% to $4.72.
- Kronos (CRO): The CRO cryptocurrency fell 6.28% to $0.1233.
- SEI: Sei price fell 6.02% from $0.5098.
Despite the bearish development, Solana, Dogwifat and Pepe made it to today's list of gainers. However, millions of dollars worth of crypto liquidations have been recorded in the past 24 hours, which may have precipitated the recent sell-off in BTC and ETH. According to Coinglass, in the past 24 hours he has liquidated $145.55 million in Bitcoin alone. Of this amount, $109.13 million was attributed to long positions.
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