Leading cryptocurrencies traded flat on Monday amid thin liquidity due to the holiday, while gold and silver declined.

Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 8:20 p.m. ET)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) +0.11% $68,886.53
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               
+1.57% $2,001.73
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)                          +0.76% $1.48
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)                          +0.76% $86.86
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)              -1.54% $0.1007

Bitcoin Moves Sideways

Bitcoin pushed to an intraday high of $70,060 but met strong resistance, sending it back to the $68,000 range. The apex cryptocurrency’s trading volume fell 17% from the previous day.

Ethereum crept up to $2,000 overnight, even though trading volume plunged 40% over the last 24 hours. XRP and Solana moved sideways.

Bitcoin’s market dominance shrank to 58.3%, while Ethereum’s share contracted 2.16% to 10.2%.

Over $215 million was liquidated from the market in the last 24 hours, according to Coinglass, with long liquidations accounting for the majority of the losses.

Bitcoin’s open interest fell by a modest 0.08% over the past 24 hours, while money locked in Ethereum’s derivatives rose by 0.88%.

The “Extreme Fear” sentiment prevailed in the market, according …

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