Cryptocurrency Market Update: Ontology (ONT) and Bitcoin Gold (BTG) Leading the Rally

Current performing altcoins are Ontology, Dash, Bytecoin and Bitcoin Gold.

As another week comes to an end in crypto land markets are down once again on the week. After hitting a weekly low of $242 billion markets have clawed back a little but are still very bearish.

Bitcoin is up a meager 1.3% on the day to trade at $6,280. It broke through support at $6,400 and has fallen over the past week, a dip below $6,000 could be imminent if buyers cannot be found. Ethereum is up 2% on the day but still low trading at just over $440.

Most altcoins are marginally up today following a week of heavy losses. According to Coinmarketap the top performing coin in the top 25 at the time of writing is Ontology which is up 11% on the day. Currently trading at $3.60 ONT is up from $3.21 this time yesterday but down 25% from $4.73 this time last week. Over the past month Ontology has been hammered with all other altcoins losing over 40% from around $6 this time last month. Against Bitcoin ONT is up 8% on the day to 56900 satoshis from 52000 sats this time yesterday.

Momentum has largely come from the small rally that most altcoins are having after their lows of the week. According to their Twitter feed LianAn Technology has joined Ontology’s Co-Builder Plan as Security Specialists;

Most ONT has been traded on Asia’s top three exchanges OKEx, Huobi and Binance in USDT. Trade volume has declined from $83 million to $60 million indicating that things could be slowing down again. Other altcoins performing well today include Dash up 7.2%, Bytecoin rising 8.2%, and Bitcoin Gold climbing 19% on the day to just over $30.

Total market capitalization has clawed back 2.5% on the day to $250 billion from $244 billion this time yesterday. They dropped to a July low of $242 billion yesterday before rebounding slightly today. Trade volume has remained at around $11 billion but since last Friday crypto markets have declined 6.7% from $268 billion. Things are still looking very bearish however and we may not have reached the bottom just yet. Most altcoins are near to their lowest levels in 2018.

FOMO Moments is a section that takes a daily look at the top 25 altcoins during the current trading session and analyses the best performing one, looking for trends and possible fundamentals.