Leading cryptocurrencies traded flat, while stocks added to their gains on Tuesday as President Donald Trump hinted at a second round of peace talks with Iran.

Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:20 p.m. EDT)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) +0.68% $74,755.82
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               
-1.03% $2,339.24
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)                          -0.11% $1.36
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)                          -2.59% $83.72
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)              +0.24% $0.09344

Cryptos Pare Gains

Bitcoin rallied to $76,060, its highest in more than two months. Similarly, Ethereum spiked to $2,415, revising levels last seen in early February. Late in the session, however, both coins erased their earlier advances.

Shares of Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) closed up 3.82% and 5.69%, respectively.

Nearly $440 million was liquidated in the past 24 hours, with $240 million in bearish short bets evaporated, according to Coinglass data.

Open interest in Bitcoin futures rose 1.62% in the last 24 hours to $56.94 billion. Since the beginning of the month, the open interest has surged 14%.

However, the majority of retail and whale derivatives traders on Binance were betting on BTC’s price decline, according to the Long/Short ratio.

“Extreme Fear” sentiment persisted in the market, according to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index.

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