Crypto Market Daily Highlights – XRP Bucks the Top Ten Trend

Key Insights:

• It was a mixed end of the week for the crypto top ten, with XRP bucking the top ten trend.
• Following a bearish end to the week for the NASDAQ 100, the broader crypto market saw red for a second consecutive session, reversing the Thursday and Friday decoupling.
• The total crypto market cap fell by $7.6 billion to $885.9 billion.

It was a mixed Sunday session for the crypto top ten. XRP bucked the top ten trend, while SOL and DOGE led the way down. BTC fell short of $20,000 for a seventh consecutive session and ended the day at sub-$19,000 for the fourth time in the week.

It was a quiet Sunday session, with no crypto news stories to weigh on investor sentiment. On Thursday and Friday, the crypto market decoupled from the NASDAQ 100, rising for two consecutive sessions. However, a bearish weekend prevailed, with investor angst over Fed monetary policy and the economic outlook testing investor resilience.

However, this morning, the NASDAQ 100 Mini was down 34 points, while the crypto market cap is up $1.12 billion (0.13%).

Crypto Market Falls for a Second Consecutive Week to Sub-$900 billion

On Sunday, the crypto market cap rose to a mid-afternoon high of $908.1 billion before sliding to a low of $875.9 billion. A late partial recovery left the crypto market cap down $7.6 billion to $885.9 billion for the session.

The crypto market cap fell by $9.51 billion in the week, leaving the market cap down $72 billion for September.

The Crypto Market Movers and Shakers from the Top Ten and Beyond

It was a mixed Sunday session for the crypto top ten.

XRP bucked the top ten trend, rising by 0.50%. However, it was a bearish session for the rest of the top ten.

DOGE and SOL slid by 3.09% and 3.16%, respectively, to lead the way down

ADA (-1.11%), BTC (-0.62%), BNB (-0.18%), and ETH (-1.72%) also saw red.

From the CoinMarketCap top 100, it was a mixed session.

ApeCoin (APE) led the way, gaining 5.59%, with Chainlink (LINK) and Maker (MKR) rising by 3.21% and 4.59%, respectively.

However, ravencoin (RVN) slid by 7.10% to lead the way down, with Terra Classic (LUNC) and Lido DAO (LDO) both seeing losses of 6.34%, respectively.

24-HourCrypto Liquidations Inched Higher in a Bearish Session

Over 24 hours, total liquidations rose on Sunday but remained low despite the crypto market falling for a second consecutive session.

At the time of writing, 24-hour liquidations stood at $74.63 million, up from $63.12 million on Sunday morning.

Liquidated traders over the last 24 hours also increased. At the time of writing, liquidated traders stood at 34,027 versus 27,917 on Sunday morning.

Liquidations were also up over four hours while down over the last hour and 12 hours.

According to Coinglass, 12-hour liquidations stood at $62.62 million, down from $63.12 million on Sunday morning, with one-hour liquidations down from $6.45 million to $0.901 million.

However, four-hour liquidations increased from $12.63 million to $23.32 million. The chart below shows market conditions throughout the session.