Crypto Price Today (March 18, 2025): Bitcoin Rejects $85k, SOL & XRP Drops

While the Monday opening did push too much, Bitcoin found it hard to break above $85,000 while marking a daily high of $84,644 and falling as low as $82,361 earlier today. Meanwhile SOL and XRP are heavily lagging with both dropping nearly 3% in the past 24 hours. 

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading near $83,250 with a 24 hour trading volume of $24.92 billion. Many investors were expecting BTC to break above $85,500 and liquidate the Hyperliquid Whale but it lacked any notable push. 

SOL has continued downtrading today with it dropping from the high of $130 to the low of $123.69 while it is down nearly 3% in the past 24 hours. Similarly, XRP has also dropped 4% from the daily high of $2.3758 to $2.2478 in the past 24 hours.

Other notable price actions include CAKE’s 8% jump, which has continued surging since the past few days. Besides, the price of OKB, TRX, ATOM and TON have also increased nearly 5% today. 

On the losing side, PI (Pi Coin) is leading with it losing 16% while CRO and BERA losing over 7% in the past 24 hours. 

Trending Crypto Today 

• CAKE (Pancakeswap)
• RAI (Reploy)
• BNB (BNB)
• X (X Empire)
• API3 (API3)

Today’s Top Crypto Gainers

• CAKE (Pancakeswap): +8%
• OKB (OKB): +6%
• BNX (BinaryX): +6%
• TRX (Tron): +5%
• ATOM (Cosmos): +5%

Today’s Top Crypto Losers

• PI (Pi Coin): -16%
• CRO (Cronos): -7%
• BERA (Berachain): -7%
• TRUMP (Official Trump): -4%
• SHIB (Shiba Inu): -4%

As per Coinmarketcap data, the global crypto market cap today sits at $2.7 trillion with a 24 hour trading volume of $74.24 billion. 

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