This week started off on a very bullish note with the whole market being in the green and a lot of altcoins reaching new all-time highs (ATH). Bitcoin recently rose to $86,000, boosting investor sentiment, which led to an incredible upswing for the market – some of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap even managed to surge by more than 100%. So let’s take a look at the top 5 biggest crypto gainers today.
First and foremost, Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) made the most impressive surge today, with its price peaking above $0.4, after a surprise Binance listing. This jump represents a notable 290% uptick in the past 24 hours with a $1 billion trading volume, and over 900% in the past 7 days – this propelled the altcoin’s market cap to around $400 million.
Cronos (CRO) is the biggest gainer among the top 100 cryptos, surging by more than 35% in the past 24 hours to $0.17, reaching a trading volume of around $458 million and a market cap of $4.5 billion.
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The “memecoin king” Dogecoin (DOGE) registered 14.3% on the daily chart and shot up to $0.32 with a trading volume of over $19 billion. In the past 7 days, DOGE managed to gain more than 100% and registered a market cap of $47 billion, positioning itself in the #6 spot.
Ethena (ENA) broke the $0.64 level after gaining 14% in the past 24 hours with $1.1 billion in trading volume. The altcoin is still up 88% on the weekly chart.
Last but not least, Near Protocol (NEAR) reached $5.46 after surging more than 13% today and 50% in the past 7 days. Currently, NEAR has a market cap of around $6.64 billion.