Leading cryptocurrencies and stocks traded in the green on Monday, while the precious metal rally reversed, as investors increased risk appetite.

Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 8:25 p.m. ET)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) +0.93% $88,316.74
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               
+1.80% $2,924.02
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)                          +1.14% $1.90
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)                          +2.01% $124.09
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)              +0.03% $0.1222

Crypto Sentiment Improves

Bitcoin pared Sunday’s losses, rallying to an intraday high of 88,743. Trading volume for the apex cryptocurrency increased 10% in the last 24 hours.

Ethereum also rebounded, nearly breaking $3,000, while XRP gained 1.14%.

Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 59%, while Ethereum accounted for nearly 12% of the total market share.

Over $360 million was liquidated from the market in the last 24 hours, according to Coinglass, with bearish short positions accounting for $265 million.

Bitcoin’s open interest fell 0.51% in the last 24 hours. A fall in open interest, coupled with a jump in price typically indicates short covering, meaning short sellers are buying back their positions.

The market sentiment improved from “Extreme Fear” to “Fear,” according to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index.

Top Gainers (24 Hours) 

Cryptocurrency (Market Cap>$100 M) Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 8:25 p.m. ET)
Axie Infinity (AXS )     +39.12%     $2.68
Akash Network (AKT )                  +13.91%       $0.4813
Venice Token (VVV )            +14.45%       $3.49

The global cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at $2.98 trillion, following a modest increase of 0.95% in the last 24 hours.

Stocks Surge, Commodities Fall

Stocks closed in the green on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lifted 313.69 points, or 0.64%, to settle at 49,412.40. The S&P 500 rallied 0.50% to end at 6,950.23, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 0.43% to close the session at 23,601.36.

Tariff-related developments were on investors’ radar. President Donald Trump threatened to levy 100% tariffs on Canada over the weekend, but Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney insists that it complies with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The precious metals rally reversed, with silver collapsing 8% to $105 an ounce after rallying to an all-time high of $117 an ounce. Spot Gold dropped 1.33% to $5,016.20.

The Levels To Watch Out For

Widely followed cryptocurrency commentator Ted Pillows highlighted Bitcoin’s order book, noticing $152.8 million worth of buy orders between $85,000 and $88,000.

“This zone should hold,” the analyst predicted.

Another popular analyst EliZ pointed out a Bitcoin trading setup where price bounced from $86,000 after a liquidity sweep.

“Now the situation is simple: liquidity is either above or below the Monday Range,” the analyst said, referring to the channel roughly between $86,000 and $88,000.

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