Bitcoin (BTC) Holds Near $85K as Cardano (ADA) Leads Majors Higher
Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $85,229.34, down 0.10% in 24 hours, while Cardano (ADA) rose 6.61% among the largest gainers.
- Total market cap
- $2.98T
- 24h volume
- $10.5B
- BTC dominance
- 57.5%
- ETH dominance
- 11.0%
- Gold
- $4,131/oz
Broad Market
The total cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at $2,979,863,138,819, with 24-hour volume of $10,536,362,177, according to CryptoKoinCap's exchange feeds. Bitcoin (BTC) dominance was 57.46%, and Ethereum (ETH) dominance was 11.04%. The market regime was classified as a bull market.
Bitcoin (BTC) changed hands at $85,229.34, down 0.10% over 24 hours and up 1.40% over seven days. Ethereum (ETH) traded at $2,695.41, down 0.27% in 24 hours and down 0.38% over seven days. Tether (USDT) was at $0.9999, up 0.01% in 24 hours, and USDC (USDC) was at $0.99998, down 0.02%.
Among other large-cap assets, BNB (BNB) was at $786.22, down 0.28% in 24 hours and up 2.23% over seven days. XRP (XRP) traded at $1.49, down 0.81% in 24 hours and down 1.13% over seven days. Solana (SOL) was at $119.54, down 1.76% in 24 hours and down 0.38% over seven days. TRON (TRX) was at $0.3365, up 0.30% in 24 hours and up 0.39% over seven days.
Notable Movers
On the upside, BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) rose 15.21% to $0.003727, with a seven-day change of 0.00%. Lighter (LIT) gained 6.82% to $3.85 but remained down 11.91% over seven days. Cardano (ADA) added 6.61% to $0.2645 and was up 6.28% over seven days. LayerZero (ZRO) rose 5.98% to $2.09 and was up 34.84% over seven days. OKB (OKB) gained 4.66% to $126.71 and was up 6.00% over seven days.
On the downside, Bitway (BTW) fell 18.52% to $1.20, though it was up 33.34% over seven days. Akedo (AKE) dropped 9.83% to $0.03102 and was down 4.07% over seven days. Monad (MON) declined 9.82% to $0.030982 but was up 6.73% over seven days. Pump.fun (PUMP) fell 6.95% to $0.006254 and was up 19.22% over seven days. Derive (DRV) lost 6.53% to $0.38404 and was down 0.47% over seven days.
Metals
Gold was quoted at $4,130.523490584353 per ounce, and silver was at $60.95901388647145 per ounce.
Headlines
CoinDesk reported that the U.S. CFTC joined the SEC in proposing crypto regulations, though a spot-market gap lingers. Decrypt reported that the CFTC unveiled a plan to bring crypto exchanges under federal oversight. Bitcoin.com News reported that the U.S. Treasury moved to scrap proposed crypto wallet and mixer surveillance rules.
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Headlines referenced
- S&P Global Targets $10B Crypto Lending Market With New Risk Framework — Bitcoin.com News
- CFTC Unveils Plan to Bring Crypto Exchanges Under Federal Oversight — Decrypt
- US Treasury Moves to Scrap Proposed Crypto Wallet, Mixer Surveillance Rules — Bitcoin.com News
- Bitcoin Just Flashed a Second, Stronger Golden Cross: Here's What That Means — Decrypt
- U.S. CFTC joins SEC in proposing crypto regulations, though spot-market gap lingers — CoinDesk
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