Buoyant weekend price action sees Bitcoin recapture $27,000: CryptoSlate wMarket Update

Since last Friday's wMarket report, the cryptocurrency market saw net inflows of $47.2 billion and currently stands at $1.16 trillion — up 4.2% from $1.12 trillion.

Over the weekend, the market caps of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) grew 5.5% and 5% to $540.34 billion and $228.76 billion, respectively.

Over the last 24 hours, all of the top 10 cryptocurrencies recorded gains, with Ethereum leading the pack with a 3% increase.

The market caps of Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) grew to $83.16 billion and $29.06 billion, respectively. In contrast, Binance USD (BUSD) fell to $5.28 billion.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin increased by 2.4%, trading at $27,870 as of 07:00 ET, with its market dominance rising to 46.6% from 46.1%.

Since last Friday, BTC set off on an uptrend that accelerated by Sunday evening to peak at $28,430 on news of a debt ceiling agreement being reached. Since then, the leading cryptocurrency trickled lower, finding support at $27,720.

Ethereum

In the last 24 hours, Ethereum gained 3% to trade at $1,903 as of 07:00 ET. Its market dominance rose to 19.7% from 19.6%.

Over the weekend, ETH saw two distinct spikes higher on Saturday evening and again on Sunday evening to top out at $1,928. A minor drawdown followed with support found at $1,892.

Top 5 Gainers

FantasyGold

FGC is the day's biggest gainer, growing 86.9% over the last 24 hours to $7.61621 as of press time. The project recently launched on BNB Smart Chain. Its market cap stood at $1.06 billion.

TomoChain

TOMO jumped 30.6% to $1.63325 over the last 24 hours. Its market cap stood at $165.1 million.

ARAW

ARAW gained 20% to trade at $0.06515 at the time of writing. The token is up 44.5% over the past week. Its market cap stood at $129.89 million.

Open Campus

EDU grew 18.1% over the last 24 hours to $1.41808 as of press time. The project announced it would release its “Genius NFTs” collection soon. It has a market cap of $205.79 million.

Global Currency Reserve

GCR rose 11.1% to $1.14249 as of press time. The project announced launching on BNB Smart Chain and Aptos recently. Its market cap stood at $122.27 million.

Top 5 Losers

inSure

SURE is the day's biggest loser, falling 5.9% to $0.00422 at the time of press. The token is down 25.3% over the past 30 days. Its market cap stood at $112.98 million.

RenderToken

RNDR fell 4.3% to $2.60087 over the reporting period. Its market cap stood at $952.92 million.

Polymath Network

BGB lost 2% to trade at $0.16244. The token has lost 19.9% in value over the past 30 days. Its market cap stood at $150.25 million.

Aptos

APT sunk 1.5% to $8.45638 as of press time. The project is hosting a Twitter Space on May 30. Its market cap stood at $1.68 billion.

EOS

EOS fell 1.4% to trade at $0.89579 as of press time. The EOS blockchain recently integrated the tokenization project Chintai. Its market cap stood at $978.57 million.