Mantle and Pump.fun Lead Crypto Gains
The cryptocurrency market showed volatility on September 15. Mantle (MNT) led the gainers, rising 5.95% to $1.71. Its trading volume reached $524.4 million. Pump.fun (PUMP) followed, up 5.42% to $0.008191, supported by a $1.31 billion trading volume and a recent token buyback program.
Other notable gainers included Monero (XMR), which rose 4.48% to $301.97 with a $148.64 million volume. Flare (FLR) increased 2.20% to $0.0234, and Story (IP) gained 1.17% to $9.75.
Four and Bonk Suffer Largest Losses
On the losing side, Four (FORM) dropped 8.07% to $2.14, with a trading volume of $61.52 million. Bonk (BONK) fell 7.31% to $0.000023. Dogecoin (DOGE) declined 7.11% to $0.2643 despite leading trading volume at $6.42 billion.
Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) lost 6.95% to $0.8198, and Pepe (PEPE) dropped 5.88% to $0.00001078, rounding out the top losers.
Market Overview and Trends
The total crypto market cap decreased 1.09% to $4 trillion. Trading volume surged 24.93% to $163.82 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin (BTC) traded near $115,044, down 0.40%. Ethereum (ETH) fell 1.83% to $4,530.06.
The Fear and Greed Index stayed neutral at 51. Bitcoin held a 57.2% market dominance, followed by Ethereum at 13.7%. Other cryptocurrencies accounted for 29.1%. The Altcoin Season Index rose to 71, signaling growing interest in altcoins.
Crypto ETFs saw $1.04 billion in net inflows on September 12, reversing earlier outflows. Open interest for perpetual contracts reached $1.04 trillion, indicating high leveraged trading and potential market volatility.
