The crypto prices today have stirred up mixed sentiments across the broader market. BTC rested at the $58K level, while altcoins mainly slip. Besides, FTM price soars.
The crypto prices today have illustrated mixed actions, sparking investor speculations across the globe. Bitcoin (BTC) stood at the $58K level, whereas Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and XRP prices slipped 1%-3%. While Fantom (FTM) emerged among the top gainers, the global crypto market cap witnessed a 1.30% decrease in value to $2.05 trillion. Nonetheless, the total crypto market volume today saw a 6.21% increase to $74.38 billion.
Hereâs a brief collection of some of the leading cryptocurrencies by market cap and their price run today, August 16.
Bitcoin Price Today BTC price rested at $58,158.64 today, a marginal 0.08% decrease in the past 24 hours. Its daily lows and highs were recorded as $56,161.59 and $59,838.65, respectively.
Data by Greeks.live on X shows that 24,000 BTC options are set to expire today with a put-call ratio of 0.83, a notional value of $1.4 billion. On the other hand, data by Soso Value showed Bitcoin ETFs attracted $11.11 million in inflows as of August 15, stirring contrasting market sentiments.
Bitcoinâs dominance stood at 55.83%, a 0.29% increase over the past day. The flagship cryptoâs market cap stood at $1.14 trillion.
Ethereum Price Today
Meanwhile, the ETH price rested at $2,584.51 today, a 2,31% drop in the past 24 hours. Its daily slumps and peaks were recorded at $2,518.67 and $2,675.31, respectively.
Further, data by Greeks.live also illustrated that 184,000 ETH options expiry are set to expire with a put call ratio of 0.80, a notional value of $470 million.
Crypto Gainers Today
Fantom (FTM) price soared 2.91% to $0.3831.
THORChain (RUNE) price jumped 1.89% to $3.72.
Litecoin (LTC) price saw a 1.80% increase to $65.56.
Aave (AAVE) price gained 1.28% to $108.36.
Crypto Losers Today
SATS (1000SATS) price tanked 7.61% to $0.0002922.
Pepe coin (PEPE) price cracked 7.28% to $0.000007412.
dogwifhat (WIF) price tumbled 6.78% to $1.47.
Aptos (APT) price plunged 6.33% to $6.27.
Besides, the hourly time frame charts illustrated that BTC price gained 0.30%, whereas ETH price pumped 0.39%, sparking further curiosity over the crypto prices today.
