Altcoins rally on thin trading as bitcoin holds below $83,500

Small tokens are outpacing the major cryptocurrencies on Monday, with the CoinDesk 80 up around 3% over the past 24 hours, more than double the 1.2% gain in the CoinDesk 5. Bitcoin BTC $83,696.96 is trading below $83,500, after hitting a high above $84,000 on Sunday, while ether ETH $2,531.97 has added around 2.5% to trade at $2,560. The gains are coming from the thinnest part of the market. A year on from the Oct.