Bitcoin (BTC) Holds $85.6K as Total Market Cap Tops $2.96T
Bitcoin (BTC) rose 0.44% to $85,602.01 as the total crypto market cap reached $2,968,676,252,021 and Meteora (MET) led gainers with a 17.81% jump.
- Total market cap
- $2.97T
- 24h volume
- $9.7B
- BTC dominance
- 58.0%
- ETH dominance
- 11.1%
- Gold
- $4,164/oz
Broad Market
The total cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at $2,968,676,252,021, with 24-hour volume of $9,689,563,011 across 7,040 tracked coins. Bitcoin (BTC) dominance was 57.96%, and Ethereum (ETH) dominance was 11.1%. The market regime was classified as a bull market.
Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $85,602.01, up 0.44% over 24 hours and 3.11% over seven days, with a market cap of $1,720,246,997,560. Ethereum (ETH) changed hands at $2,697.08, up 0.10% on the day and 1.04% on the week, with a market cap of $329,312,305,525.40. Among stablecoins, Tether (USDT) was priced at $0.99988 with a market cap of $184,071,727,393.42, and USDC (USDC) was at $1.00 with a market cap of $74,266,067,399.94.
Notable Movers
Meteora (MET) led gainers, rising 17.81% to $0.3406, and was up 6.05% over seven days, with a market cap of $189,442,791.64. BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) gained 15.21% to $0.003727, with a market cap of $2,262,908,956. Non-Playable Coin (NPC) rose 12.06% to $0.02301, Raydium (RAY) climbed 10.24% to $2.25, and Render (RENDER) added 8.89% to $2.15.
On the losing side, Bitway (BTW) fell 18.52% to $1.20, with a market cap of $3,242,439,794.85. SPX6900 (SPX) dropped 7.41% to $0.4173, Monad (MON) declined 6.98% to $0.028808, Mantle (MNT) slipped 6.91% to $0.6006, and Aerodrome Finance (AERO) lost 6.09% to $0.799.
Among large caps, BNB (BNB) traded at $780.61, down 0.70% on the day but up 4.20% over seven days. XRP (XRP) was at $1.50, up 0.88%, and Solana (SOL) at $120.34, up 0.75%. TRON (TRX) was at $0.3362, down 0.09%.
Metals
Gold was measured at $4,163.72 per ounce and silver at $61.35 per ounce.
Headlines
CoinDesk reported the headline "Crypto is expanding the boundaries of what can be priced." Decrypt reported "Bitcoin Falls Asleep, But Privacy Coins Zcash and Monero Are Waking Up." Bitcoin.com News reported "JPMorgan Lends Its Expertise to Solana's Atomic Settlement Program."
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Headlines referenced
- Crypto is expanding the boundaries of what can be priced — CoinDesk
- Bitcoin Falls Asleep, But Privacy Coins Zcash and Monero Are Waking Up — Decrypt
- JPMorgan Lends Its Expertise to Solana’s Atomic Settlement Program — Bitcoin.com News
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