WIF, PEPE, and SEI shine as cryptocurrencies surge

• WIF, PEPE and SEI were among top performing altcoins as Bitcoin surged to above $63,800 on Sept. 19.
• These gains followed US Federal Reserve’s 0.5% interest rate cut.
• Analyst says WIF could outpace market in coming weeks.

Meme coins dogwifhat (WIF) and Pepe (PEPE), as well as layer 1 blockchain Sei (SEI) are among the top gainers in the past 24 hours as several altcoins record their best performances for a while.

SEI was up 19%, WIF 17% and PEPE 12% as crypto rose amid Bitcoin’s surge to above $63,000 on Thursday.

According to data from CoinGecko, SEI price reached highs of $0.35 as its volume jumped 224% to over $345 million. Meanwhile, WIF traded to $1.81 across major exchanges, notching an intraday volume of over $717 million with a 24-hour increase of 109% at the time of writing.

Popcat (POPCAT), which has rallied since Kraken announced spot trading support, continued to outpace all other top 100 coins by market cap. However, meme coin Pepe also recorded decent gains to rank among best performers on the day. PEPE price jumped more than 12% to hit levels last seen on Aug. 28.

According to crypto analyst RookieXBT, dogwifhat price has the potential to pare losses seen during its recent downtrend within weeks. Notably, the analyst also sees further gains for POPCAT.

$WIF going to erase six months worth of downtrend in 2-3 weeks but you wouldn’t believe it$POPCAT will reprice further and become the 5th largest meme but you wouldn’t believe it

believe in something

— RookieXBT (@RookieXBT) September 19, 2024

Crypto spikes after Fed interest rate cut

Most of the coins seeing significant gains in the past 24 hours are registering the upside after the market reacted upward to the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut on Sept. 18. After four years, the Fed slashed interest rates by 50 basis points on Wednesday.

Bitcoin price rocketed after the decision, with BTC first breaking above $60k to bolster overall sentiment. Prices retested resistance around $62.2k before a slight dip – then roared back to above $63.8k.

Solana (SOL) broke above $143 with over 10% gains, while altcoins such as Sui, Aptos, Bittensor and Avalanche recorded more than 12% respectively.