Celestia, Helium lead gainers as Bitcoin retests $55k

Celestia and Helium led the top gaining altcoins among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap as the price of Bitcoin rebounded to test the $55k mark.

After crypto prices tanked hard during the Asian trading session on Aug. 5, the market saw some relief during the U.S. session.

Bitcoin (BTC) has narrowed 24-hour losses after rebounding from its intraday lows under $50k, with the recovery aiding some altcoins. Notable among the gainers are Celestia (TIA) and Helium (HNT), both of which posted double-digit gains before paring these slightly amid potential profit taking.

Crypto market intelligence platform Santiment says the gains are seeing crowd sentiment shift to other coins rather than Bitcoin and Ethereum, which were the focus of the market amid the sharp sell-off.

Across the market, liquidations remained above $1 billion after a staggering amount of bullish bets got wiped out amid the crypto and stocks crash. Coinglass shows crypto liquidations are still more than 199% up in 24 hours.

Aug. 5 has also seen the most trading volume since March when BTC led crypto higher with its spike to a new all-time high.

With over $244 billion traded in the past 24 hours representing a 230% surge, the increase in daily volume for crypto mirrored such an increase across stocks. Bloomberg shared an early picture of how U.S. stocks were shaping up in terms of volume.