The cryptocurrency community is back in high spirits on Jan. 12 after a majority of tokens in the top 200 flashed green following Bitcoin’s (BTC) spike to $44,000.
The return of bullish momentum has come as a boon to several altcoin projects, with multiple tokens seeing gains in excess of 20%.
Top 7 coins with the highest 24-hour price change. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the biggest gainers over the past 24-hours were Anyswap (ANY), Keep3rV1 (KP3R) and WEMIX (WEMIX).
Anyswap expands its list of supported networks
Gains in the altcoin market were led by Anyswap, a decentralized exchange that specializes in allowing users to transfer and swap tokens between 25 distinct networks.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that since falling to a low of $15.16 on Jan. 10, the price of ANY ripped 77.67% higher to a daily high of $26.93 on Jan. 12 as its 24-hour trading volume spiked 525% to $114.5 million.
ANY/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView
The sudden spike in activity and price for ANY come as the protocol recently added two new networks to its list of supported chains including a FomoETH bridge and Moonbeam, which just officially launched on Polkadot.
Keep3rV1 branches out to other networks
Keep3rV1 is a project focused on creating a decentralized job board designed to help projects connect with external developers that can provide specialized services.
VORTECS™ data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro began to detect a bullish outlook for KP3R on Jan. 7, prior to the recent price rise.
The VORTECS™ Score, exclusive to Cointelegraph, is an algorithmic comparison of historical and current market conditions derived from a combination of data points including market sentiment, trading volume, recent price movements and Twitter activity.
VORTECS™ Score (green) vs. KP3R price. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro
As seen in the chart above, the VORTECS™ Score for KP3R climbed into the green zone on Jan. 7 and hit a high of 80 roughly 79 hours before the price rallied 79.64% over the next two days.
The bullish move higher for KP3R comes following a tease released by the project indicating that KP3R will soon have cross-chain functionality between Ethereum (ETH), Fantom (FTM) and layer-two solution Optimism.
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WEMIX lists at Upbit
WEMIX is a global blockchain gaming platform developed by Wemade Tree that is designed specifically for gaming DApps and includes a marketplace for digital assets and nonfungible tokens (NFTs).
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and CoinGecko shows that after sliding to a low of $3.96 on Jan. 10, the price of WEMIX rebounded 106% to a daily high at $8.16 on Jan. 12 as its 24-hour trading volume spiked to $1.2 billion.
WEMIX/USD 1-hour chart. Source: CoinGecko
The surge in interest and trading volume for WEMIX comes as the token listed on the popular Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit on Jan. 10 and announced the details for the next WEMIX NFT auction drop.
The overall cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $2.073 trillion and Bitcoin’s dominance rate is 39.8%.
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