Crypto Prices Today: Bitcoin, Chainlink Rises With Pepe Coin Declining

The crypto market started the week on a positive note on Monday, September 18, as evident by the recent performances of the major cryptocurrencies. The investors seem to be regaining confidence in the digital currencies, sending most of the major cryptocurrency prices in the upward direction. Meanwhile, the crypto market fear and greed index stayed at 46, indicating that the sentiment is improving from last week.

The largest crypto by market cap, Bitcoin price ticked up 0.15% to $26,585.27 over the last 24 hours, and in the last seven days, its price rose 3.23%. Its one-day volume rose 8.60% to $7,584,351,492 during writing. However, the Ethereum price traded flat in the last 24 hours at $1,629.15, and its volume rose by 21.8 $3,395,921,308 at the same time. Over the past week, Ethereum price surged 1.16%.

The XRP price was up 0.11% to $0.4973 during the last 24 hours, and its volume rose 10.95% to $551,078,138. The Litecoin price added 1.06% and traded at $64.63 as of writing, and the Solana price gained 0.36% to $19.06 at the same time.

However, the investors seem to be shifting their focus on the major cryptos from the meme coins. The Dogecoin price was down 0.72% to $0.06169 during writing, and its volume rose 16.73% to $166,501,198. On the other hand, the Shiba Inu price plunged 0.57% to $0.000007279 from yesterday, with its volume rising 12.92% to $70.29 million at the same time.

Meanwhile, the gains in most of the major cryptos have sent the global crypto market cap up by 0.25% over the last day to $1.06 trillion. Its one-day volume also noted gains of 1.11% to $18.69 billion during writing.

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Pepe Coin Slides About 5%

The Pepe coin price noted a decline of 4.96% on September 18 and traded at $0.0000006338. Its market cap plummeted the same percentage to $248.3.66 million, and its trading volume rose 75.44% to $49.83%. Market experts have suggested that the Pepe coin might continue to witness further losses in the coming days.

Chainlink (LINK) Rises Over 5%

During writing, the Chainlink price moved up by 5.39% in the last 24 hours and traded at $6.58, while its market cap rose 5.40% to $3,662,793,427. The trading volume of the crypto soared 78.59% to $164,467,457 as of writing. A recent X post showed that 82.75 million LINK tokens were unlocked since August last year, with around 72 million LINK subsequently being deposited into Binance.

ApeCoin (APE) Jumps Over 3%

The ApeCoin price noted gains of 3.84% over the last 24 hours and traded at $1.14 during writing on Monday. Its market was at $419,776,478, and its one-day volume jumped 39.47% to $81,043,399. The recent gains have wiped off some of its recent losses, evident by a price drop of 6.29% in the last seven days.

GMX Up 3.15%

The GMX price rose 3.15% to $33.14 as of writing on September 18. The last 24-hour volume of the crypto surged 41.34% to $8,565,173. Meanwhile, there is no apparent news for the recent surge in the crypto’s price.