TRAC up +54.84%, BTC -1.55%, Kaia is The Coin of The Day - Daily Market Update for May 18, 2026

Key highlights:

• The total cryptocurrency market cap decreased from $ 2.59T to $ 2.56T in the past 24 hours, representing a -1.42% change
• The Bitcoin price at press time is $ 76,913 after falling by -1.55% in the last 24 hours
• The total crypto trading volume decreased by -1.42% in the past 24 hours, and is currently at $ 153.81B
• All prices and changes are presented at the time of publication: May 18, 2026, at 06:00 UTC

Market Overview

The total cryptocurrency market cap is currently $ 2.56T after a -1.42% decrease on the day. The total crypto trading volume declined by -1.42% in the same time frame.

Bitcoin is trading at $ 76,913 after seeing a -1.55% loss in the last 24 hours. The Bitcoin dominance fell by -0.07% and BTC currently represents 60.26% of the cryptocurrency market.

Top Coins By Market Cap

At press time, Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $ 1.54T after losing -1.55% in the last 24 hours. According to our forecast, the value of Bitcoin will drop by null% and reach null by May 18, 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 $ 2,117.14 and has a market capitalization of $ 255.51B. ETH decreased by -3.11% 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.

• LEO Token, which was previously ranked 10, is ranked at 9.
• Cardano, which was previously ranked 9, is ranked at 10.

Bears Dominate the Market Today

The bears dominated the market today as 88% of coins lost value in the last 24 hours.

Today's Top Gainers are OriginTrail, Akash Network, and Kaia

Thanks to a 54.84% price increase, OriginTrail was the biggest gainer of the day among the top 200 cryptocurrencies by market cap. Akash Network came in second place, with 24-hour gains of 8.40%. Kaia, Hyperliquid and KAITO complete today's list of the top cryptocurrency gainers.

Today's Top Losers are Bitcoin Cash, Conflux, and Cheems Token

Unfortunately, not all coins performed well today. The worst performer in the cryptocurrency top 200 was Bitcoin Cash, which saw a loss of -9.65%. Conflux also didn't perform well, as its price declined by -8.14% in the last 24 hours. Cheems Token, StarkNet and Banana For Scale round out today's top 5 worst performers.

Coin of the Day is Kaia

Thanks to its impressive 7.62% performance, Kaia is today's coin of the day! Kaia is currently trading at $ 0.052968. Learn more about Kaia and its position in the market on our Kaia price prediction page.

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

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