NEAR up +25.78%, BTC -0.44%, NEAR Protocol is The Coin of The Day - Daily Market Update for May 22, 2026

Key highlights:

• The total cryptocurrency market cap decreased from $ 2.59T to $ 2.58T in the past 24 hours, representing a -0.42% change
• The Bitcoin price at press time is $ 77,482 after falling by -0.44% in the last 24 hours
• The total crypto trading volume decreased by -0.42% in the past 24 hours, and is currently at $ 213.81B
• All prices and changes are presented at the time of publication: May 22, 2026, at 06:00 UTC

Market Overview

The total cryptocurrency market cap is currently $ 2.58T after a -0.42% decrease on the day. The total crypto trading volume declined by -0.42% in the same time frame.

Bitcoin is trading at $ 77,482 after seeing a -0.44% loss in the last 24 hours. The Bitcoin dominance fell by -0.08% and BTC currently represents 60.26% of the cryptocurrency market.

Top Coins By Market Cap

At press time, Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $ 1.55T after losing -0.44% in the last 24 hours. According to our forecast, the value of Bitcoin will drop by null% and reach null by May 22, 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 $ 2,127.14 and has a market capitalization of $ 256.72B. ETH decreased by -0.32% in the last 24 hours. If you're interested in where the price of Ethereum could head next, check out the Ethereum price prediction.

Bears Dominate the Market Today

The bears dominated the market today as 78% of coins lost value in the last 24 hours.

Today's Top Gainers are NEAR Protocol, Safe, and Worldcoin

Thanks to a 25.78% price increase, NEAR Protocol was the biggest gainer of the day among the top 200 cryptocurrencies by market cap. Safe came in second place, with 24-hour gains of 13.75%. Worldcoin, Aerodrome Finance and Celestia complete today's list of the top cryptocurrency gainers.

Today's Top Losers are Banana For Scale, OriginTrail, and Cheems Token

Unfortunately, not all coins performed well today. The worst performer in the cryptocurrency top 200 was Banana For Scale, which saw a loss of -7.60%. OriginTrail also didn't perform well, as its price declined by -6.26% in the last 24 hours. Cheems Token, Mantle and Algorand round out today's top 5 worst performers.

Coin of the Day is NEAR Protocol

Thanks to its impressive 25.78% performance, NEAR Protocol is today's coin of the day! NEAR Protocol is currently trading at $ 2.20. Learn more about NEAR Protocol and its position in the market on our NEAR Protocol price prediction page.

Our technical indicators show that the current NEAR Protocol sentiment is Bullish.

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