What a week it’s been… The cryptocurrency markets ultimately took a turn for the worse, but they haven’t been without their moments. The bottom line is that the total capitalization lost a whopping $200 billion, which is more or less 10% in the past seven days alone. This came on the back of considerable losses from Bitcoin, but especially from the altcoins. In fact, the BTC dominance – a metric that gauges its share relative to that of the rest of the market – is up by about...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Solidifies at $61K as These Meme Coins Trend (Weekend Watch)
It’s been a relatively calm 24 hours in the cryptocurrency market, with the majority of coins failing to gain any notable grounds. The opposite is also true – most of the altcoins trade in a state of equilibrium. While this might oftentimes turn out to be a precursor to a considerable move in either direction, let’s have a closer look at how prices developed in the last day. Bitcoin Price Solidifes at $61K The BTC price was consolidating around $60K yesterday, but the bulls...
Read More »Bitcoin Dips Below $64K, Ripple Gets More Troubles, Meme Coins Suffer: This Week’s Crypto Recap
It’s been a tough week, and there are no two ways around it. The total cryptocurrency market capitalization declined by more than $70 billion as Bitcoin’s price dipped below $64K. It’s been somewhat of a rollercoaster ride throughout the past seven days as the BTC price attempted to recover on a few occasions but failed to regain its position. Last Friday, the cryptocurrency tumbled toward $65K but the bulls were quick to recover during the weekend. As soon as the new week...
Read More »These Are This Week’s Biggest Gainers and Losers as Bitcoin (BTC) Calms at $66K (Weekend Watch)
Bitcoin’s price actions have calmed during the weekend, as it has happened quite frequently lately, and the asset remains still at just over $66,000. The weekly scale is quite painful for most crypto assets, as BNB and NEAR have dumped by double digits. UNI and TON are among the few exceptions. Bitcoin’s Volatile Week As mentioned above, the last several weekends have been quite dull in terms of price movements and so was the previous one, in which BTC stood at around...
Read More »Over $200 Million in Liquidations as Bitcoin (BTC) Price Dropped to Monthly Lows (Weekend Watch)
Bitcoin’s price movements for the past few days have been quite painful as the asset slumped to $65,000 yesterday for the first time in about a month. Despite recovering from their lowest positions as well, the altcoins are also deep in the red, with NEAR, FIL, and FET dumping the most. BTC’s Rollercoaster Continues The primary cryptocurrency had a somewhat positive start to the business week as it pumped to and slightly above $70,000 on Monday. However, the landscape changed...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Loses $5,000, Meme Coins Take a Hit as Market Downturn Amplifies: This Week’s Crypto Recap
The cryptocurrency market experienced a sharp decline during the evening of last Friday. Bitcoin’s price crashed below $70K, prompting a considerable market sell-off. The total capitalization is down by about $100 billion in the process, currently sitting at around $2.57 trillion. Everything was going well when the bears decided to have a late Friday night party. The move was sudden, pushing Bitcoin’s price below $70K and initiating a considerable downturn across the entire...
Read More »Crypto Markets Lost $80 Billion in Hours as Bitcoin (BTC) Dumped Below $69K (Weekend Watch)
History doesn’t rhyme but tends to repeat itself, which is something that has been happening in the crypto industry in the past few weeks. In this case, bitcoin and the rest of the market dropped hard on Friday evening, similar to the events from the previous one. BTC’s Friday Drop It was last Friday when the primary cryptocurrency tested $69,000 but failed and the subsequent rejection pushed it south by over two grand. The weekend was quite uneventful as the asset had...
Read More »These Are This Week’s Top Altcoin Performers as Bitcoin (BTC) Stalls Below $68K (Weekend Watch)
As it happened during the past few weekends, bitcoin’s price actions have calmed, and the asset sits at just under $68,000. The altcoins are also quite sluggish on a daily scale, but the weekly landscape has produced some mind-blowing gains. BTC Stops Below $68K Bitcoin had a strong start to the current week as it exploded from under $69,000 to over $70,500 in hours on Monday. As the bulls were preparing for another run, perhaps even challenging the all-time high of $73,800,...
Read More »Bitcoin (BTC) Price Recovers From a Weekly Low, Ethereum (ETH) Eyes $3.8K (Weekend Watch)
After a few days of sideways trading, bitcoin’s price headed south on Friday and slipped to a weekly low of around $66,600 before it recovered approximately a grand. The altcoins are quite sluggish today, with ETH gaining about 1% of value and closing down on the $3,800 mark. BTC Recovers The start of the business week went under the total domination of the bulls as they drove the primary cryptocurrency from under $69,000 to a weekly high of over $70,500. As hope started to...
Read More »Big Week for Spot Bitcoin ETFs, Meme Coin Mania Reaches Celebrities, and More: This Week’s Crypto Recap
The previous week was dominated by news and developments on the spot Ethereum ETF front, while the current one was taken over by Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. It almost felt inevitable after the launch of all US spot Bitcoin ETFs in early January that the BlackRock product will surpass that of Grayscale, which was actually converted from the former BTC Trust. Grayscale’s GBTC saw substantial outflows ever since it first reached the US markets, while BlackRock’s IBIT kept...
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