Bitcoin’s Back and Bouncier Than Ever! Crypto Chaos Ensues 😎🚀

Well, dash my wig and call me a blockchain! Bitcoin has done a nifty little jig straight up to a jaunty $87,000 this fine Monday, springing nearly 4% and setting the whole crypto caboodle into an upswing that would put your garden variety elevator to shame. Not to be outshone, its merry band of digital chums—ETH, XRP, and LINK—have all picked up a delightful 3% plus in the last day, as if someone had set their wallets on turbo mode. 🕺

For the last fortnight, old Bitcoin has been playing the coy game, lingering near $85,000 like a bashful debutante eyeing the dance floor while nursing a spot of resistance. But now, with this sprightly leap above $87,000, the bulls appear to have donned their running shoes and analysts are whispering of $90k before the weekend’s curtain call. Pip-pip!

As your humble narrator scribbles these lines, Bitcoin is parading about at $86,900, trading hands enthusiastically to the tune of $27.4 billion. It bubbled up 3.41% in the last 24 hours, dipping to a dainty $84,028 before vaulting as high as $87,666—like a bounder with a spring in his step. 🎩

Bitcoin price chart

Meanwhile, ETH didn’t want to be left sulking in the corner and zipped up 3.46% to $1,629, with XRP toddling along at $2.21, up a sprightly 3.38%. Chainlink’s LINK and Cardano’s ADA managed respectable showings as well, though the star of the crypto dog show is none other than Dogecoin, who leapt ahead with a raucous 5.22% pop. Who let the dogs out? Apparently, the market did. 🐕💨

And then, in the category of ‘Every Dog Has Its Day,’ Enjin Coin performed a bona fide moonwalk with a dazzling 66% surge, closely trailed by CVX’s commendable 22% hustle. On the other paw, poor DEXE took an 8% nap while MANTRA (OM) saw a 7% cooling-off period. Ah, the cruel whimsy of volatile fortunes! 🎢

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Top Crypto Whippersnappers Today

  • ENJ (Enjin Coin): +66%
  • CVX (Convex Finance): +22%
  • STX (Stacks): +14%
  • W (Wormhole): +13%
  • MANA (Decentraland): +12%

The Crypto Cupboard Left Bare—The Losers

  • DEXE (DeXe): -8%
  • CHEEMS (Cheems): -7%
  • OM (MANTRA): -7%
  • LEO (UNUS SED LEO): -4%
  • VTHO (VeThor Token): -3%

Peers at CoinMarketCap inform us in a rather stately manner that the global crypto market cap is lounging at $2.74 trillion, with a 24-hour trading volume hefty enough to make one faint: $67.54 billion. One suspects a fair number of digital fortunes being made, and perhaps lost, over a cup of virtual tea.

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2025-04-21 15:35