The cryptocurrency market saw a massive correction in the past two days, starting with a red Friday and followed by a Saturday massacre.
While the reasons are still debated, even though they seem to be external and not related to the industry itself, the fact is that the total market cap shed over $400 billion at one point.
With the next Bitcoin halving, an event typically regarded as a catalyst for future price increases, just around the corner, the question arises whether this was the last substantial correction before the block production is reduced by another 50%.
Was This Correction Normal?
As reported during the weekend, Bitcoin’s price first tumbled from $71,000 to $65,000 before another leg down drove it south to a multi-week low of around $61,000. The first

In yet another eventful and painful evening trading on Saturday, Bitcoin’s price tumbled by another five grand to a multi-week low of around $61,000.
The alternative coins were hit even harder, with numerous double-digit price declines. The main culprit for this crash was the rising tension between Iran and Israel.
BTC’s Rollercoaster Continues
It was just 48 hours ago when BTC’s price hovered calmly above $70,000, and it even challenged $71,000, but to no avail. Yet, the landscape changed for the worse on Friday evening after speeches from high-ranking officials representing the US central bank that said the Fed has no plans to start lowering interest rates anytime soon.
In a matter of minutes, the primary cryptocurrency’s price slumped by five to six grand and dropped to

While the past several weekends went quite calmly for Bitcoin and the entire crypto market, this time, things are significantly different.
Whether propelled by yesterday’s announcements by a few presidents of the US Federal Reserve or today’s reports of Iran preparing an attack against Israel, the reality is that BTC’s price has tumbled hard, and the altcoins have shed even more value.
This seems like the perfect opportunity for a perma-bear like Peter Schiff to open up another can of bash fest. But, keep in mind that gold’s price also dropped yesterday, when the markets were opened.

Bitcoin just flash crashed to just above $61K. That’s just 26 ounces of gold. At its peak 2.5 years ago one #Bitcoin was worth 37 ounces of #gold. That’s a decline of 30%. Digital Fool’s Gold

The cryptocurrency markets plummeted on Friday evening, and the same violent scenario was repeated once again on Saturday.
The entire market has bled out, with another $200 billion leaving the space. The total liquidations have skyrocketed to $700 million after the $900 million last night.
BTCUSD. Source: TradingViewIt was all going well for the primary cryptocurrency until Friday evening, as the asset had calmed at around $70,000-$71,000. However, the situation changed following the latest US Fed speeches that didn’t hint at any significant changes in the central bank’s monetary policy in terms of interest rate reduction.
In a matter of minutes, BTC slumped by five to six grand, dumped to $65,000, and left approximately $900 million in liquidations from almost 300,000

Bitcoin’s price took a massive turn to the worse yesterday with a decline that pushed it south by about five grand in hours.
The altcoins’ losses were even more significant, which is evident by the rising BTC dominance. Many meme coins dumped by over 20%.
BTC’s Crash
The business week was actually going relatively well for the primary cryptocurrency. The asset had a strong start on Monday when it pumped to a four-week peak of over $72,500 amid the growing demand for the spot ETFs.
It failed to maintain its run and retraced to $67,500 on Wednesday after the US announced the March inflation data, which was actually higher than expected. Nevertheless, the cryptocurrency recovered some ground in the next few days and even challenged $71,000 on Friday.
However, it didn’t see

The total crypto market saw a massive correction on Friday evening, with more than $200 billion leaving the space within hours.
The liquidations have shot up to nearly $1 billion on a daily scale, but some of the most notable losers come from the ever-volatile meme coin niche.

CryptoPotato already reported the big Bitcoin retracement that took the primary cryptocurrency from around $71,000 earlier today to a weekly low of $65,000 within minutes.
However, that’s just a part of the story as the altcoins and meme coins, in particular, have experienced even more pain within the past day.

BONK leads this adverse trend with a massive 25% drop that has pushed the popular Solana-based token to under $0.000017.
WIF follows suit with a similar decline that has further driven

Bitcoin’s price failed to overcome the $71,000 level decisively today, and the subsequent rejection pushed the asset south hard, dumping to around $65,000.
The altcoins have suffered even more, with numerous double-digit losses from the likes of XRP, SOL, DOGE, TON, ADA, and many more.
BTCUSD. Source: TradingViewCryptoPotato reported earlier BTC’s attempts to overcome $71,000, which had little success. The bears managed to intercept the moves and pushed the cryptocurrency south to around $70,000.
However, that was just the beginning of Bitcoin’s red Friday. After a recent warning that the situation could worsen soon, the asset’s price plunged to a weekly low of around $65,000.
Although BTC has recovered some ground since then and now sits at around $67,000, it is still

With just a few weeks left until the completion of the fourth halving in BTC’s history, crypto analysts, experts, and commentators rush to offer their views on what can and might transpire in the following months.
History shows that Bitcoin’s price has reacted quite positively during the cycle that starts with the halving, which is to be expected, given its effect on the network – after all, the production of new BTC is slashed in half, and if the demand for the asset remains the same or increases, the price should go up as well.

Ever wondered what #Bitcoin did on the halving day?
In 2012, BTC moved sideways on the halving day and then pumped from $12 to $1166 after the halving. That’s a 9500% increase in just 380 days.
In 2016, BTC also moved sideways on the halving day

Upon designing what has later become the world’s largest blockchain network, Satoshi Nakamoto decided to incorporate an event happening approximately every four years to set a certain inflation rate for the creation of new BTC.
The so-called halving slashes in half the rewards miners receive for their work on the network, which, in theory, should mean an increasing price for the underlying asset if the demand remains the same or increases.
With BTC’s next halving right around the corner, one analyst has outlined a particularly simple but possibly quite profitable strategy for those who want to speculate on Bitcoin’s price movements in regard to each cycle.

History shows that Bitcoin’s price indeed heads north in the months after each halving. Whether that’s hype or people

The latest bull market in the cryptocurrency industry seems to be underway, given that BTC has already charted a new all-time high, and the total market capitalization is close to its highest figure.
Moreover, the fourth halving is anticipated to take place in about two weeks, and history shows that the event tends to serve as a catalyst for future price increases not only for BTC but for many assets as well.
As such, it’s no wonder that numerous crypto analysts have outlined impressive price predictions for Bitcoin and numerous altcoins. The latest to do so is the content creator with over 250,000 followers – JakeGagain.

2025 Price Predictions: $BTC: $175,000$ETH: $8,500$BNB: $1,500 $SOL: $1,000$XRP: $5.25$DOGE: $1.00$ADA: $7.00 $AVAX: $400 $DOT: $47
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Bitcoin had a controversial week in terms of price movements, as it slumped to a ten-day low and jumped by nearly five grand a day later but failed to sustain its momentum.
The altcoins also suffered on a weekly basis, but most have turned green after yesterday’s retracements.
BTC Goes After $68K
The volatile week began on Monday after BTC failed to overcome $71,000 on Sunday, which resulted in a price drop of two grand. After it bounced off to $70,000 once more on Tuesday, the bears initiated another leg down, which resulted in a more violent price drop to $66,000.
They kept the pressure piling in the following hours and pushed Bitcoin to a ten-day low of around $64,500. This came amid reports that the US government had transferred 2,000 BTC to Coinbase. The stash was

Although the US has yet to win the extradition victory against South Korea for Do Kwon, a New York court has already ruled against the fallen former crypto mogul in a legal case launched by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Do Kwon and his crypto brainchild – Terraform Labs – were found guilty of misleading investors in the 2022 crash.
The Terra collapse from two years ago was among the loudest in the cryptocurrency industry, which resulted in an investor loss of around $40 billion. This unfolded when unknown actors found a way to explore the project’s algorithmic stablecoin UST, and the other native token – LUNA.
Kwon, the founder and majority owner of Terraform Labs, went on the run but was finally captured in Montenegro last year when trying to escape the country

This week was quite a volatile rollercoaster for the primary cryptocurrency and the rest of the market, perhaps driven by actions undertaken by the US government.
Recall that BTC’s price had stalled at around $69,000 last Friday as the bulls had failed to overcome the $70,000 level. Following a relatively quiet weekend, in which BTC stayed at around the same levels, it went on the offensive once again on Monday to over $71,000.
However, Bitcoin failed to overcome that resistance line decisively. The subsequent rejections, especially the last one yesterday, drove it south hard. In a matter of hours, the cryptocurrency dumped to under $65,000 to chart a ten-day low.
This came amid reports that the US government had moved 2,000 BTC, which it had confiscated from Silk Road to

It has been over 15 years since Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin to the world, and a lot has happened within this timeframe. From being called a pyramid scheme, rat poison (sq), and proclaimed dead hundreds of times, to becoming a trillion-dollar asset with a dozen exchange-traded funds tracking its performance on the world’s largest financial market.
Its adoption curve, which has recently been linked to that of the Internet from 1997, has seen some deviations on its upward trajectory, but the overall trend is quite promising. Google Trends data also shows that retail traders have gradually returned to the scene, but some countries are more inclined to look for the primary cryptocurrency than others. Here are the top 5.
El Salvador Reigns Supreme
Perhaps it comes as no

Bitcoin’s price has been up by more than 60% since the start of the year and it already broke its 2021 all-time high of $69,050 and charted a new one of almost $74,000. What’s most impressive about this milestone is that the latest peak came ahead of the fourth halving for the first time ever.
With just a month left until BTC’s production is sliced by half, the number of bullish predictions keeps rising, and the latest to outline $150,000 as the price target for 2024 is Morgan Creek Capital Management’s CEO and CIO – Mark Yusko.
BTC at $150K This Year?
When speaking to CNBC’s Fast Money, Yusko highlighted Bitcoin’s benefits over other cryptocurrencies but also its merits when compared to gold.
“Bitcoin is the king. It is the dominant token. It is a better form of gold.”
In

Bitcoin has returned to $70,000 once again after falling below that level yesterday and failing to overcome it decisively during its recovery phase.
Several altcoins, like ETH, BNB, DOGE, and SHIB, have turned red on a daily scale, but SOL has performed better and stands close to $200.
BTC Returns to $70K
After a relatively quiet weekend, Bitcoin’s business week started on a positive note as the asset soared from around $64,000 to $66,000 before it shot all the way up to $70,000 on Tuesday.
The bulls kept the pressure piling and pushed BTC to a new 15-day peak of just under $72,000 on Wednesday. However, the asset was violently rejected here and driven back down to $68,400 hours later.
Bitcoin began its recovery shortly after and neared $72,000 once more, but to no avail.

After a decade of waiting, rejecting, and delaying at best, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission finally greenlighted nearly a dozen spot Bitcoin ETFs at the start of 2024.
Their impact on BTC’s price has been undeniable as the demand for those products among traditional investors has skyrocketed. Now that there are existing exchange-traded funds tracking the performance of at least one cryptocurrency, the community speculates on whether there will be a follow-up, particularly with ETH.
The ETH ETF Applications
Numerous companies within and outside of the cryptocurrency industry want to follow the example with Bitcoin and have products tracking the performance of the second-largest digital asset. Perhaps the two biggest names with current applications with

Bitcoin’s price movements over the weekend have been somewhat underwhelming as the asset has calmed at just over $64,000 after the previous week’s volatility.
The altcoins are, in general, also less volatile today, with a few exceptions like Dogecoin, which has surged by around 7%.
BTC Calms
Last business week started on a highly unfavorable note for the primary cryptocurrency, which had recovered most of the losses from the end of the previous one. The asset stood at $69,000 on Monday but quickly dropped by five grand.
Tuesday saw even more declines when BTC slipped to a two-week low of under $61,000. This was primarily driven by profit-taking by certain investors and uncertainty in regard to the upcoming FOMC meeting that took place later that day.
Once the US Federal

BTC’s price troubles are not over yet as the asset tumbled to $62,500 yesterday before managing to recover around two grand.
The altcoins have also bled out on a daily scale, and the total crypto market cap has remained well below $2.6 trillion.
Bitcoin’s Latest Issues
The start of the current business week and how it went were in total contrast to the previous one when BTC skyrocketed above $73,000 to chart its latest ATH. However, the bears have taken control of the market in the past seven days or so, which is evident from Bitcoin’s performance.
The cryptocurrency slumped hard on Monday and Tuesday, ahead of the second FOMC meeting for the year. In fact, it slumped to a 15-day low of under $61,000 amid fears of a potential change in the Fed’s monetary policy.
Since

Things move fast in the cryptocurrency space, and the landscape tends to change quickly, especially price-wise. This has indeed been the past within the past seven days.
It was just a week ago when Bitcoin’s price was soaring high, charting fresh all-time highs almost daily. The latest peak came last Thursday when BTC neared $73,800 for the first time ever. However, the situation started to change a day later when the cryptocurrency dumped to $66,000, and it’s even worse now.
Last weekend saw minor recovery attempts but BTC dropped once more at the start of the current business week. The minor outflows from spot Bitcoin ETFs and the fears regarding the Tuesday FOMC meeting were blamed at the time. Once that meeting was concluded, the asset indeed changed its trajectory,

Despite the most recent retracements in the crypto markets, the overall trend in the past several months has been quite bullish, leading to a new all-time high for Bitcoin and a multi-year peak for Ethereum.
Consequently, their market capitalizations increased as well a lot lately and that made them some of the largest financial assets by that metric. But where exactly does Ethereum stack up?
ETH in the Top 25
CryptoPotato frequently reported Bitcoin’s progress as the asset entered the top 10 financial assets in February by surpassing Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. A few weeks down the line, BTC’s market cap exceeded $1.4 trillion and surpassed that of Meta and silver, becoming the 8th largest financial asset. The latest declines, though, have halted some of its

This weekend doesn’t resemble the previous few, which were a lot less volatile, as the primary cryptocurrency has dumped hard to a ten-day low of under $65,000.
The alternative coins are also well in the red, and the total crypto market cap has lost over $100 billion daily and more than $300 billion in the past few days.
BTC Dumps Hard
Monday began on a high note as BTC soared from $67,000 after retracing on Sunday evening to over $70,000 to register a new all-time high. The asset kept climbing in the following days and peaked at $73,800, which is the current ATH as of now.
It was reached on Thursday but was followed by a massive rejection. The bears finally took control of the market and pushed Bitcoin south to under $66,000 on Friday. BTC recovered some ground on

The Solana blockchain has become the home of many new and popular meme coins that have garnered the community’s attention during this bull cycle. This has pushed not only their prices up but also SOL’s.
The latest such craze is called BOOK OF MEME and was launched earlier this week. It quickly skyrocketed by triple and quadruple digits in days and has now entered the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap after a Binance listing.
CryptoPotato reported earlier that a savvy investor has turned 50 SOL into 767 SOL by investing in BOME’s pre-sale.
Just a day later, BOME grasped the attention of major cryptocurrency exchanges, and the subsequent listing pushed its price to new heights.
Another major exchange – Binance – decided to join the craze by listing the following four

Bitcoin’s price faced enhanced volatility at the end of the business week, which included a drop of $8,000, but it has recovered some of the losses as of now.
Several altcoins have bounced off from the Friday crash, with AVAX, BNB, SOL, and APT emerging as today’s top performers.
BTC to Challenge $70K Soon?
Bitcoin’s business week started with a lot of price fluctuations as well. It first dumped to $67,000 before the bulls took charge and initiated a massive leg-up that resulted in charting a new all-time high of roughly $73,000.
That was just the start of the positive week, as BTC briefly exceeded that level on Tuesday. However, the bears came out of the woods at this point and pushed it south hard. In just a few hours, Bitcoin had dropped to under $69,000.
More

As the fourth Bitcoin halving approaches and is about a month away, the primary cryptocurrency’s price experienced something it hadn’t done before – to chart a new all-time high before that significant event.
In fact, that happened last week but only intensified during the past several days. The weekend went as it typically does, in a quiet manner, as the asset had calmed at around $69,000.
This Monday, though, mimicked the previous one in terms of daily gains, and BTC skyrocketed to nearly $73,000 to chart yet another all-time high. The bears were quick to intervene and pushed the cryptocurrency south almost immediately, and it slipped to under $69,000.
However, the bulls returned quickly to the scene and propelled another leg up, which resulted in a fresh all-time high

2022 saw the implosion of numerous cryptocurrency lenders, perhaps none more devastating for investors than the Celsius crash. What followed was a year-long violent bear market with depressed prices and little to no actual activity within the industry.
Two years later, the landscape is entirely different. The entire market cap has more than tripled in the past several months, while BTC is closing on its all-time high against the dollar of $69,000.
During the Crypto Expo Conference in Bucharest, CryptoPotato had the opportunity to chat with Nexo’s Product Manager – Dimitar Bratovanov – and he explained what helped his company survive the lenders’ crisis, what are the latest products that the team has launched, how they work, how users can take advantage, which are the

Bitcoin’s price stood still for several days, but the asset went on the offensive yesterday, broke above $70,000 for the first time ever, and was violently rejected minutes later.
Several altcoins, led by Worldcoin and FLOKI, have produced massive gains over the past day.
BTC’s Rollercoaster
CryptoPotato reported BTC’s notable run as of late, which culminated this week by charting a new all-time high two consecutive times. At first, Bitcoin shot above $69,000 on Tuesday after gaining several thousand dollars on Monday. However, the bears were quick to intercept the move and pushed the asset south hard. In a matter of minutes, BTC had fallen by nearly ten grand, leaving billions of USD in liquidations.
Bitcoin recovered most losses almost immediately and returned to $67,000

With Bitcoin hitting new all-time highs twice this week, the crypto community is perhaps rightfully speculating that the new bull cycle has already begun.
Meme coins have been at the forefront of the recent gains, with the two largest going at it, and a new battle has started – which one of them will be the largest during this run.
The gap between their market caps has narrowed in recent weeks and is under $4 billion, while it was at almost $10 billion in early February. So, after asking ChatGPT on its opinion on the matter, we decided to touch bases with its main rival – Perplexity – on what has to happen for Shiba Inu to surpass the OG meme coin – DOGE.

The duo has now become the 10th and 11th largest cryptocurrencies by market cap, with Dogecoin’s standing at just over

The primary cryptocurrency stood still for a few days after this week’s massive volatility, but the bulls are back in control and pushed it to a fresh all-time high of over $70,000.
Ethereum’s native token mimicked BTC’s performance by soaring past $4,000 and dumping just as hard minutes later.
BTCUSD. Source: TradingViewBitcoin’s current week is going in a highly volatile fashion. The asset skyrocketed to under $69,000 on Monday and went above that line on Tuesday to break its 2021 ATH.
However, the bears took control and pushed it south hard in the following hours. As a result, BTC slumped to under $60,000 almost immediately after the new peak, liquidating thousands of positions worth over a billion USD.
Yet, Bitcoin quickly rebounded and returned to $67,000 by

While Bitcoin has stalled and even retraced slightly below $62,000, meme coins have made the news this week with mindblowing gains, led by Dogwifhat (WIF).
The total crypto market cap has declined slightly on a day scale, but it is up by more than $100 billion in the past seven days.
Meme Coins’ World
The bull market seems to be back on track as assets that were less popular last year have gained a lot of traction with massive gains now. Such is the case with the largest meme coins. Dogecoin – the OG rep of that cohort – shot up by 70% this week and reentered the top 10 biggest digital assets by market cap as its price went to almost $0.14.
However, DOGE’s main rival – Shiba Inu – has outperformed it with a noteworthy weekly surge of 130%. You can check some of the