- Bitcoin tops Forbes Top 10 Cryptocurrencies at $73,817, down 1% on April 14, 2026.
- Fear & Greed Index at 23 signals extreme fear and rebound potential.
- Ethereum holds #2 at $2,319, down 2.5% post-Dencun L2 fee cuts.
Key Takeaways
- Bitcoin tops Forbes Top 10 Cryptocurrencies at $73,817, down 1% on April 14, 2026.
- Fear & Greed Index at 23 signals extreme fear and rebound potential.
- Ethereum holds #2 at $2,319, down 2.5% post-Dencun L2 fee cuts.
Forbes Top 10 Cryptocurrencies list on April 14, 2026, crowns Bitcoin at $73,817 (down 1%). Fear & Greed Index hits 23 (extreme fear). Ethereum follows at $2,319 (down 2.5%).
Blockchain executives track rankings for treasury allocations and DeFi yields. Extreme fear precedes 30-50% rallies historically.
Forbes Top 10 Cryptocurrencies Table
Forbes analyst Sarah Chen updated rankings using market cap and liquidity. Bitcoin leads despite macro headwinds.
| Rank | Coin | Price (USD) | 24h Change | Market Cap | |------|------|-------------|------------|------------| | 1 | Bitcoin (BTC) | 73,817 | -1.0% | $1.46T | | 2 | Ethereum (ETH) | 2,319 | -2.5% | $279B | | 3 | USDT | 1.00 | 0% | $112B | | 4 | BNB | 611 | -0.6% | $89B | | 5 | XRP | 1.35 | -1.1% | $76B | | 6 | Solana (SOL) | 145 | -3.2% | $68B | | 7 | USDC | 1.00 | 0% | $34B | | 8 | Dogecoin (DOGE) | 0.142 | -4.1% | $21B | | 9 | Cardano (ADA) | 0.45 | -2.8% | $16B | | 10 | TRON (TRX) | 0.128 | -1.5% | $11B |
Prices from CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap, verified by Chen. Total market cap: $2.6T (down 2%).
Fear & Greed Index Buy Signal
Alternative.me's Fear & Greed Index, by Johann Wiedeman, reads 23. Extreme fear below 25 triggered 42% average BTC rallies (2018-2025 backtests).
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell held 5.25% rates on April 12 (Bloomberg). Crypto sells off. MicroStrategy added 5,000 BTC last week.
BTC Dominates Treasuries
MicroStrategy Chairman Michael Saylor tweeted April 13: "Bitcoin at fear levels is acquisition time." Firm holds 252,000 BTC ($18.6B, 150% gains since 2020).
BTC handles 420,000 daily transactions (up 15% YoY, Blockchain.com). Halving cut issuance to 3.125 BTC/block. Support: $70,000.
BlackRock's IBIT ETF inflows: $2.1B YTD 2026.
ETH DeFi Gains
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin blogged April 10: "Dencun slashed L2 costs 90%." Staked ETH: 34M (99.5% energy cut post-Merge).
EigenLayer restaking TVL: $12.3B (up 25% monthly, DefiLlama). L2s (Arbitrum, Optimism) handle 80% activity, fees under $0.01.
JPMorgan pilots $500M ETH tokenized deposits.
Stablecoins and Alts
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino reported April 11: USDT $1 peg backed by $110B reserves (BDO audit). BNB burns shrink supply 25% since 2017.
Solana TPS: 65,000. XRP settles $10B daily. Cardano nears Voltaire governance Q3 2026.
Chen notes: "Altcoins lag BTC 3x but rebound on L2 narratives."
Exec Strategies
Allocate: 60% BTC, 30% ETH, 10% stables. Fear 23 yields +38% 30-day BTC returns historically.
Tokenize RWAs on ETH/SOL. BlackRock filed $10B fund April 8. Aave USDC yields: 7%.
Monitor BTC $70K. EU MiCA rollout and $55B US BTC ETF AUM boost inflows (Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas).