Bitcoin’s price exploded to new highs following Tesla’s allocation of $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency. BTC’s dominance also increased by about 1.5% as most altcoins crashed against their leader.Bitcoin Paints A New ATH And Expands DominanceNews broke out earlier today that the electric vehicle giant Tesla had purchased a total of $1.5 billion in bitcoin. The price of the asset reacted with a sharp price increase, in which BTC added about $6,000 of value in merely minutes.This resulted in...
Read More »Bitcoin Tumbled $3500 In 24 Hours: Altcoins On The Rise As BTC Dominance Drops To 66%
Bitcoin’s bloody weekend continued with substantial price declines as the primary cryptocurrency dipped beneath $35,000, for the second time in 3 days. In contrast, remarkable gains for Cardano (ADA) and another all-time high for Polkadot have sent BTC’s dominance over the market to about 66%.Bitcoin Loses More Than $3K In 24HJust a few days after the Monday crash, in which BTC bottomed slightly above $30K, the cryptocurrency managed to recover most losses and even tried its hand at $40,000...
Read More »Bitcoin’s Dominance Grows To 70% Following Massive Volatility Around $40K (Market Watch)
Bitcoin’s highly volatile price performance continued in the past 24 hours after breaking above $40,000 to a new all-time high and a subsequent massive drop beneath $37,000. Most alternative coins have retraced following the latest rally and have increased BTC’s dominance to about 70%.Bitcoin Falls After The $40K ATHApart from a brief dip beneath $29,000 on Monday, the primary cryptocurrency has been on a roll since the start of the year. Bitcoin bounced off immediately from the drop,...
Read More »Total Crypto Market Cap Breaks The January 2018 ATH: Bitcoin Touches $33K
Shortly after bitcoin broke above its 2017 all-time high of $20,000, most of the cryptocurrencies followed with serious gains. Earlier today, the cumulative market capitalization of all digital assets overcame the previous high by surging north of $836 billion.According to data from one of the leading cryptocurrency monitoring resources, CoinMarketCap, the market cap reached somewhere around $834 billion during the parabolic price increase in 2017/2018.However, the recent bull run within the...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Eyes $28,000 as BTC Dominance Marks 14-Month High (Market Watch)
Another day and another all-time high for bitcoin as the asset broke above $27,000 and even neared $28,000. Most alternative coins have failed to mimic BTC’s gains, and bitcoin’s dominance has exploded to above 70% for the first time since September 2019.New ATH For BTC At $27,900This year’s Holiday season has turned to be quite bullish for the primary cryptocurrency. Ever since December 24th, bitcoin has painted a new all-time high daily.After breaking above $25,000 and $26,000 in the past...
Read More »Altcoin Season Brewing as Bitcoin Price Stalls and Dominance Takes a Beating (Market Watch)
Bitcoin’s volatility continued over the weekend with a few $1,000 moves taking it from a high of $18,800 to $17,700 and back. The altcoins, however, have kept their recent momentum going and have reduced BTC’s dominance over the market to about 63%.Bitcoin’s Volatile WeekendThe primary cryptocurrency displayed increased signs of volatility during the weekend. It started with charting a fresh yearly high on Saturday at nearly $19,000.After coming just inches away from breaking the 2017...
Read More »Market Watch: Bitcoin Records Highest Ever Market Cap, ATH Price Next?
Following the recent roller-coaster that resulted in a few massive four-digit price movements, Bitcoin appears to have calmed north of the $18,000 price tag. The alternative coins also followed the volatility ride but have ultimately lost market dominance against BTC. More interestingly, Bitcoin has managed to reach an all-time high value in terms of its market capitalization, despite the price being lower than back in 2017. Bitcoin Calms After The Storm People use many words...
Read More »Bitcoin Dominance At a 5-Month High as Altcoins Take a Beating (Market Watch)
Bitcoin marches confidently towards new yearly highs while most alternative coins have failed in pursuit. Consequently, BTC’s dominance over the market has climbed above 65%. Red Dominates The Altcoins On a 24-hour scale, most alternative coins have either decreased in value or remained stagnant. Ethereum initiated a leg up towards $470, but the bears didn’t allow any further increases. In fact, they drove ETH’s price south, and the second-largest cryptocurrency struggles at...
Read More »As Bitcoin Rips and Altcoins Crash: Historically, What Are The Chances for Alt-Season?
Bitcoin has been surging in the past few weeks to consecutive yearly highs. Speculations emerged within the community if or when BTC will even surpass its 2017 ATH of nearly $20,000. At the same time, though, most alternative coins seemed to be dragging behind their leader. Bitcoin’s dominance highlights this – a metric that surged by nearly 7% in less than a month. As such, it would be compelling to follow how altcoins have performed in relation to Bitcoin before, during,...
Read More »Altcoin Nightmare: Market Cap Down $10 Billion as Bitcoin Dominance Surges
Bitcoin continues to struggle ever since it peaked above $14,100 during the weekend. The situation with alternative coins is even worse, and the total market capitalization has dipped to about $390 billion. Bitcoin’s Struggles Since Its 1,000-Day Peak CryptoPotato reported over the weekend that the primary cryptocurrency spiked to a new 2020 high of about $14,100. The difference between this record and the previous ones registered in October was that it surpassed the 2019’s...
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