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HBAR and LINK Lead Altcoins Charge as BTC Slips Below $96k

Share on X icon · Published 1 year ago on December 3, 2024 · Hassan Maishera

HBAR and LINK are the best performers amongst the leading cryptocurrencies, adding 38% and 27% to their values, respectively, as BTC stays below $96k.

HBAR and LINK Lead Altcoins Charge as BTC Slips Below $96k

TL;DR

  • HBAR and LINK are the best performers amongst the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap.

  • Bitcoin is down 1% in the last 24 hours and now trades below $96.

HBAR Rallies by 38% to Outperform Other Major Coins

HBAR, Hedera’s native coin, is the best performer amongst the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap. The coin added 38% to its value in the last 24 hours and now trades at $0.3491 per coin. 

Chainlink’s LINK also performed excellently over the last 24 hours, adding 27% to its value during that period. Thanks to this rally, LINK is now trading above $25 for the first time since January 2022.

XRP is another major altcoin that has rallied over the last few days. Ripple’s native coin jumped to the $2.8 mark on Monday after adding roughly 90% to its value. This allowed it to surpass USDT’s market cap and become the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. XRP has now retraced and is currently trading at $2.56 per coin.

Cardano’s ADA has also flipped USDC to become the 8th-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. ADA is trading at $1.28 after surging by 12% on Monday. While other major altcoins are rallying, BTC and ETH are underperforming.

Ether and Bitcoin are down 1% in the last 24 hours, trading at $3,623 and $95,627 respectively. With altcoins rallying, the total cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $3.46 trillion.

 

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Hassan Maishera
Hassan Maishera Senior Reporter

Hassan is a Nigeria-based financial content creator that has invested in many different blockchain projects, including Bitcoin, Ether, Stellar Lumens, Cardano, VeChain and Solana. He currently works as a financial markets and cryptocurrency writer and has contributed to a large number of the leading FX, stock and cryptocurrency blogs in the world.