Bitcoin Rises 4.4% to $80,788 as Market Cap Nears $2.95 Trillion
Bitcoin and Ethereum lead gains, while Binance Cat surges 166% and WPAY drops 7%.
- Total market cap
- $2.95T
- 24h volume
- $40.0B
- BTC dominance
- 55.0%
- ETH dominance
- 10.3%
- Gold
- $4,481/oz
Market Overview
Cryptocurrency markets traded higher over the past 24 hours, with the total market capitalization rising to $2.95 trillion. Bitcoin climbed 4.43% to $80,788.58, while Ethereum gained 4.79% to $2,501.77. Among other top assets, XRP advanced 6.09% to $1.44, and BNB rose 4.44% to $721.49. Solana increased 3.34% to $103.61. Bitcoin dominance stood at 55.02%, and Ethereum dominance at 10.35%. The 24-hour trading volume across tracked exchanges reached $40.04 billion.
Notable Movers
Gainers: Binance Cat (BNBCAT) led all tracked assets with a 166.38% surge to $0.002502, extending its weekly gain to 228.76%. Pons (PONS) climbed 36.27% to $0.683012, and BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) rose 15.21% to $0.003727. Zcash (ZEC) advanced 15.01% to $939.68, while Lighter (LIT) gained 13.77% to $4.37.
Losers: WPAY fell 7.04% to $0.54938, the largest decline among tracked assets. Pyth Network (PYTH) dropped 6.97% to $0.05404, and Bitway (BTW) declined 6.26% to $0.436385. Akedo (AKE) slipped 6.14% to $0.0146, and Filecoin (FIL) lost 5.48% to $0.7695.
Metals
In precious metals, gold was priced at $4,480.79 per ounce, and silver at $66.92 per ounce.
Headlines
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Headlines referenced
- Scan reveals 96,000 fake-address outputs clogging Bitcoin’s unspent database — CryptoSlate
- 500 Million XRP Leave Binance as Reserves Hit Early 2024 Low — Bitcoin.com News
- Bitcoin Bear Market May Not Yet Be Over, Says Fidelity — Bitcoin Magazine
- Bitcoin-Gold Correlation Hits Six-Year High as Debasement Fears Mount — Bitcoin Magazine
- This Japanese company made money on Ethereum, Solana, and XRP, but sold them anyway to keep its $121 million Bitcoin holdings — CryptoSlate
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