Leading cryptocurrencies rallied handsomely Monday, coinciding with fresh highs scaled by stocks.

What Happened: Bitcoin jumped above $65,000 during morning trading hours and rose to $66,434 late evening, the highest it has been since July 30.

Ethereum also rose to a two-week high of $2,630, representing a nearly 7% jump in the last 24 hours.

Digital asset trading firm QCP Capital highlighted historical similarities with Bitcoin's upward price action preceding the U.S. elections.

More than $245 million was liquidated from leveraged positions in the last 24 hours, with downside bets worth $209 million getting wiped out.

Bitcoin's Open Interest-Weighted Funding Rate surged to levels not seen since late July, signaling the dominance of bullish leveraged traders.

The market sentiment dramatically shifted from "Neutral" to "Greed," according to the Cryptocurrency Fear & Greed index, indicating a potential surge in buying pressure.

Top Gainers (24-Hours)

The global cryptocurrency stood at $2.29 trillion, following a jump of 4.75% in the last 24 hours.

Stocks registered a blockbuster opening in the new trading week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average popped 201.36 points, or 0.47%, to close at a record high of 43,065.22. The S&P 500 jumped 0.77% to end at 5,859.85, also a record high. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 0.87% to hit 18,502.69.

The rally was fueled by AI juggernaut Nvidia Corp.'s (NASDAQ:NVDA) record close Monday after its shares rose 2.4% in the regular trading session.

The earnings season kicked off with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) reporting their third-quarter numbers last week. This week, investors were keeping a careful eye on the next batch of big earnings reports from major banks and technology companies, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) and Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX).

Analyst Notes: Cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez drew attention to his projection from last month and how things were going as anticipated.

On Sept. 23, the analyst had predicted Bitcoin's fall to $60,000, followed by a rebound to $66,000, a retrace to $57,000, and finally a breakout toward $78,000.

Martinez remarked that with the first three prerequisites met, King Crypto was on track for $78,000.

drop to $60,000,
rebound to $66,000,
retrace to $57,000,
$78,000 next!

— Ali (@ali_charts) October 14, 2024

Another widely-followed technical analyst, Rekt Capital stated that Bitcoin needed one daily close above $65,000 and a subsequent retest to sail into the $65000-$71350 area.

"Each of these moves have ended in lower highs, but there is a good chance that this series of lower highs could end with a daily close above $65,000," the analyst said.

#BTC
Daily Candle Closes above ~$65000 (blue) followed by successful retests have enabled moves into the $65000-$71350 region
Each of these moves have ended in Lower Highs but there is a good chance that this series of Lower Highs could end with a Daily Close above $65K... pic.twitter.com/QmmQwLcDaI

— Rekt Capital (@rektcapital) October 14, 2024