ORDI up +75.58%, BTC -0.53%, Celestia is The Coin of The Day - Daily Market Update for Apr 17, 2026

Key highlights:

• The total cryptocurrency market cap increased from $ 2.52T to $ 2.54T in the past 24 hours, representing a 0.51% change
• The Bitcoin price at press time is $ 74,640 after falling by -0.53% in the last 24 hours
• The total crypto trading volume increased by 0.51% in the past 24 hours, and is currently at $ 303.21B
• All prices and changes are presented at the time of publication: April 17, 2026, at 06:00 UTC

Market Overview

The total cryptocurrency market cap is currently $ 2.54T after a 0.51% increase on the day. The total crypto trading volume increased by 0.51% in the same time frame.

Bitcoin is trading at $ 74,640 after seeing a -0.53% loss in the last 24 hours. The Bitcoin dominance fell by -0.35% and BTC currently represents 58.93% of the cryptocurrency market.

Top Coins By Market Cap

At press time, Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $ 1.49T after losing -0.53% in the last 24 hours. According to our forecast, the value of Bitcoin will drop by null% and reach null by April 17, 2026. To learn more about how the price of Bitcoin could change over the next 7 days, visit our Bitcoin price prediction page.

Ethereum, which is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is priced at $ 2,319.62 and has a market capitalization of $ 279.96B. ETH decreased by -1.57% in the last 24 hours. If you're interested in where the price of Ethereum could head next, check out the Ethereum price prediction.

There were also some changes today in the ranking among the top 10 biggest coins by market cap.

• Cardano, which was previously ranked 10, is ranked at 9.
• Bitcoin Cash, which was previously ranked 11, is ranked at 10.

Bears Dominate the Market Today

The bears dominated the market today as 77% of coins lost value in the last 24 hours.

Today's Top Gainers are Ordinals, ZetaChain, and Story

Thanks to a 75.58% price increase, Ordinals was the biggest gainer of the day among the top 200 cryptocurrencies by market cap. ZetaChain came in second place, with 24-hour gains of 32.10%. Story, Celestia and Arbitrum complete today's list of the top cryptocurrency gainers.

Today's Top Losers are Monad, CoW Protocol, and Chiliz

Unfortunately, not all coins performed well today. The worst performer in the cryptocurrency top 200 was Monad, which saw a loss of -9.19%. CoW Protocol also didn't perform well, as its price declined by -7.60% in the last 24 hours. Chiliz, Dash and Hyperliquid round out today's top 5 worst performers.

LEO Token reached new All-Time High after gaining +6.62% in the last month

The following coins in the cryptocurrency top 200 hit new all-time high prices today:

• LEO Token's new ATH is $ 10.16

Congratulations to the HODLers!

Coin of the Day is Celestia

Thanks to its impressive 12.29% performance, Celestia is today's coin of the day! Celestia is currently trading at $ 0.392664. Learn more about Celestia and its position in the market on our Celestia price prediction page.

Our technical indicators show that the current Celestia sentiment is Neutral.

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