Crypto traded with a steady but selective tone over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin held near $78,000, Ethereum led the biggest non-stablecoin names, and the rest of the major-cap complex stayed positive, but the wider market still looked more mixed than euphoric.
The global crypto market cap stood at about $2.68 trillion, up 0.3% over the past 24 hours, while 24-hour trading volume was about $95.4 billion. Bitcoin dominance was 58.1% and Ethereum dominance was 10.4%, which points to a market that is still rewarding liquidity and scale rather than rotating aggressively into smaller names.
Crypto’s top layer is doing most of the work. That matters because it usually means traders are comfortable holding risk, but are still choosing the deepest and most liquid assets first.
Bitcoin traded at $77,821.22 and was up 0.5% over the past 24 hours. The move was modest, but it kept BTC close enough to $80,000 for that level to remain the next obvious headline target.
Ethereum traded at $2,310.06 and was up 1.9% over the same window, making ETH the strongest move among the largest non-stablecoin assets in this snapshot. That kind of relative strength usually suggests a healthier risk tone than a pure Bitcoin-only grind.
XRP traded at $1.43 and was up 0.5% over 24 hours. The token stayed constructive, but it moved more in line with Bitcoin than with Ethereum’s stronger pace.
BNB traded at $634.94 and was up 0.3% over 24 hours. The move was quieter than Ethereum or Solana, but it kept Binance Coin in positive territory and preserved the broader large-cap bid.
Solana traded at $85.49 and was up 0.8% over 24 hours. That left SOL ahead of Bitcoin, BNB, and TRON, though still behind Ethereum in this pass.
TRON traded at $0.3276 and was up 0.1% over 24 hours. TRX remained positive, but it stayed at the back of the major-cap group on momentum.
The broader board stayed far more volatile than the majors. CoinGecko’s 24-hour gainers list for the top 1000 coins was led by Katana, up 52.9%, Moonriver, up 39.8%, Seeker, up 37.4%, Block Street, up 36.2%, and StakeStone, up 32.9%.
The weakest names over the same window were Unibase, down 21.6%, OpenGradient, down 20.5%, Spark, down 16.9%, RaveDAO, down 15.3%, and Asteroid Shiba, down 15.2%.
That split is important because it shows the same pattern visible in the majors. The market is still offering upside, but it is doing so selectively, with sharp dispersion underneath rather than a clean all-market melt-up.
The clearest support came from ETF flows, though the latest data also showed a split under the surface. Farside’s bitcoin ETF page showed U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in a net $223.3 million on April 23. On the same day, U.S. spot ether ETFs saw a net $75.9 million outflow.
That mix helps explain why Bitcoin kept holding a strong range while Ethereum still outperformed on spot price. The large-cap market is not moving on a single line of demand. It is balancing ETF flows, crypto-native positioning, and a broader macro backdrop that remains unstable rather than fully risk-on.
Reuters reported on April 24 that global markets stayed jittery as oil pushed higher and investors reacted to a U.S.-Iran deadlock and continued disruption around the Strait of Hormuz. That backdrop can still support crypto’s biggest names when flows stay firm, but it also helps explain why the broader board remains patchy instead of breaking out cleanly.
For now, the cleaner read is this: Bitcoin is holding a strong range, Ethereum is pacing the majors, and the market is still willing to own large-cap crypto. What it is not doing yet is lifting the whole board with the same conviction.
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