This week was very intensive in the cryptocurrency market. It’s perhaps safe to say that it was among the most tumultuous ones we’ve had in the last few months.
Everything started calmly, and during the weekend, the price hit an all-time high value of $42,000. The excitement was short-lived, as immediately after that, bitcoin went in the opposite direction and started to decline. It wasn’t until Monday, however, when things took a turn for the worst.
Bitcoin’s price lost around $12,000 in what seems to be the first major correction in the ongoing bull run. The decline of around 27% came in a few brutal four-hour red candles and led to the liquidations of $2.87 billion worth of both long and short positions, indicating once again how over-leveraged the market is.
From there, the price took uphill and even reached $40,000 again on Thursday. Bears, however, weren’t done as what followed was another handful of red candles that brought the price to its current trading level of about $35,000.
With this said, the entire cryptocurrency market took a hit as the capitalization has dropped below $1 trillion. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s dominance is also suffering, as it’s down to 67.7% during this week from its high of around 70.3%. This shows that despite the blood on the streets, altcoins have managed to take the upper hand and claim a larger portion of the market.
Meanwhile, two other projects made headlines over the past few days, mainly thanks to their incredible price performance. Despite this brutal correction, Polkadot’s DOT token is up 40% over the last seven days, while LINK is up 22%. The latter even charted new all-time high today.
In any case, the week was particularly exciting, and even though this time it was the bears who had the upper hand, it’s very interesting to see how the next few days will shape up. Is this the beginning of a larger correction, or is it just a step back in preparation for an even bigger rally? We have yet to see.
Market Cap: $964B | 24H Vol: 144B | BTC Dominance: 67.7%
BTC: $35,442 (-14.6%) | ETH: $1,141 (-7.5%) | XRP: $0.276 (-12.9%)
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