Following the recent volatility bitcoin managed to sustain above $20000 and even spiked towards $21000. The altcoins have also charted some impressive gains in the past 24 hours with XRP leading the race. Bitcoin Eyes $21K After last weeks massive correction which culminated in an 18-month low at $17500 on Sunday the bulls have been trying to recover some of BTCs lost ground. This resulted in a jump to $21500 a few days ago. However bitcoin failed there and even dipped below $20000 after Jerome Powell – the Chairman of the Federal Reserve – reaffirmed the central banks plans to continue raising interest rates in desperate attempts to fight the skyrocketing inflation.
Nevertheless BTC recovered quickly to its sub-$20000 ride and increased above it yesterday. The past 24 hours brought another leg up and the asset currently sits just inches away from $21000. Consequently its market cap has neared $400 billion once again but its dominance has declined to below 43%. Binances CEO believes bitcoin will eventually chart a new all-time high above $69000 but it could take up to two years to do so. The legendary legacy investor Mark Mobius called bitcoin a leading indicator which is followed by the Dow Jone and other stock market indices. The US arm of the worlds largest exchange – Binance US – started offering zero trading fees for BTC spot pairs.
XRP Stands Out
Most of the alternative coins continue with their attempts to recover some of the recent losses. Ethereum has been fighting with the $1100 line for several days but seems well above it now after another 4.5% daily increase. BNB has tapped a multi-day high at just over $230 following a price jump of 3.3% in a day. Cardano Solana and Polkadot are up by similar percentages to $0.5 $38 and $8 respectively. After announcing a new BTC bridge yesterday Avalanche has soared by 9% and has neared $20. Nevertheless Ripples native token stands out as the most impressive gainer from the larger cap alts. XRP has surged by over 13% and now trades at $0.37.
MATIC is once again up by double-digits after stealing the show yesterday. OKB ATOM NEAR XLM ALGO XMR THETA and AXS have seen notable gains as well. The crypto market cap is up by $30 billion and is close to $950 billion. Cryptocurrency Market Overview. Source Quantify Crypto Cryptocurrency Market Overview. Source Quantify Crypto AltcoinIndustry News In the latest hack against cross-chain bridges Harmonys Horizon was exploited with over $100 million worth of ETH stolen. The global e-commerce giant – eBay – continues with its NFT efforts by purchasing such a marketplace – KnownOrigin.
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