APE up +8.62%, BTC +1.36%, Zcash is The Coin of The Day - Daily Market Update for May 02, 2026

Key highlights:

• The total cryptocurrency market cap increased from $ 2.57T to $ 2.59T in the past 24 hours, representing a 0.81% change
• The Bitcoin price at press time is $ 78,213 after growing by 1.36% in the last 24 hours
• The total crypto trading volume increased by 0.81% in the past 24 hours, and is currently at $ 210.86B
• All prices and changes are presented at the time of publication: May 2, 2026, at 06:00 UTC

Market Overview

The total cryptocurrency market cap is currently $ 2.59T after a 0.81% increase on the day. The total crypto trading volume increased by 0.81% in the same time frame.

Bitcoin is trading at $ 78,213 after seeing a 1.36% gain in the last 24 hours. The Bitcoin dominance grew by 0.21% and BTC currently represents 60.52% of the cryptocurrency market.

Top Coins By Market Cap

At press time, Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $ 1.57T after gaining 1.36% in the last 24 hours. According to our forecast, the value of Bitcoin will drop by null% and reach null by May 2, 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 $ 2,299.69 and has a market capitalization of $ 277.54B. ETH increased by 0.73% 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.

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

Bears Dominate the Market Today

The bears dominated the market today as 76% of coins lost value in the last 24 hours.

Today's Top Gainers are ApeCoin, Injective, and Zcash

Thanks to a 8.62% price increase, ApeCoin was the biggest gainer of the day among the top 200 cryptocurrencies by market cap. Injective came in second place, with 24-hour gains of 9.38%. Zcash, Ordinals and Horizen complete today's list of the top cryptocurrency gainers.

Today's Top Losers are World Liberty Financial, Zebec Network, and LayerZero

Unfortunately, not all coins performed well today. The worst performer in the cryptocurrency top 200 was World Liberty Financial, which saw a loss of -15.37%. Zebec Network also didn't perform well, as its price declined by -5.61% in the last 24 hours. LayerZero, Nano and DeXe round out today's top 5 worst performers.

Coin of the Day is Zcash

Thanks to its impressive 9.73% performance, Zcash is today's coin of the day! Zcash is currently trading at $ 380.82. Learn more about Zcash and its position in the market on our Zcash price prediction page.

Our technical indicators show that the current Zcash sentiment is Bullish.

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