Another rollercoaster week for Bitcoin—and the wider crypto market.
First, the biggest digital coin's price by market cap seemed unstoppable when it comfortably traded above $70,000 at the start of the week. Then, on Wednesday, theprice of Bitcoin hit another all-time high of $73,737, CoinGecko shows.
But things slowed down when hotter-than-expected inflation figures from February dropped. A stock and Bitcoin sell-off ensued, exacerbated by crypto fund manager giant Grayscale moving the asset to Coinbase, pushing further downwards on its price.
The coin is now trading at $68,100 per coin, close to where it started the week.
Meme tokens—especially those running on Solana, like Bonk—were soaring throughout the week and made big gains. They've now plunged again.
Dogecoin was up big after billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk hinted that his car company should accept the cryptocurrency from those wanting to buy vehicles.
The 10th biggest cryptocurrency is now down big, by nearly 15% over the past seven days, and is priced at $0.15 after having touched a high of $0.187.
Super-popular Dogwifhat—which runs on Solana—had done well, too. It's up 18% over seven days and is priced at $2.50—down slightly from a mid-week peak of $3,44.
Bitcoin to the moon? Some crypto data experts certainly think so.
The price of Bitcoin is currently at $72,880, data from CoinGecko shows. Earlier on Wednesday, it hit another new all-time high price of over $73,600 per coin, continuing a recent string of upward surges.
The new heights are down to the continued success of the spot BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which are receiving record inflows amid rising demand from traditional investors. Bitcoin is said to be in price discovery mode righ...
Of the major cryptocurrencies, Solana is the winner. The fifth biggest digital asset has jumped by over 29% and is now priced at $188. Its market cap also hit an all-time high of over $83.7 billion this week.
Solana's price is still well below its November 2021 all-time high of $259.96.
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt.
Is Bitcoin back? For at least a little while, it feels like it may be.
This time last week, it was trading for $53,229. It’s now trading above $60,000, according to CoinGecko. That’s a 12% rise over seven days, and a threshold unseen since last month.
The price rise came as traders grew more confident that the Fed would slash interest rates by 50 basis points instead of 25. All eyes are on the central bank next week after two years of sky-high inter...
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt.
There's depressing news for those hoping the price of crypto markets would improve this week. Depressing news for nearly all investors, it would seem.
Bitcoin continued to drop, and hard, this week. Over the past seven days, the price of the asset has descended by more than 9% and—after dipping as low as $52,690 on Friday—rolled into the weekend trading hands for $53,229, according to CoinGecko.
That’s significantly lower than its 2021 record of $...
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt.
It was a fairly uneventful week in the crypto world... until Friday.
The action-packed end to the week came with an increase in the price of Bitcoin, buoyed by crypto market optimism after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave his strongest signal yet that he will slash interest rates come September.
The price of the asset popped above $64,600, according to CoinGecko, a more than 7% rise over the week. It slid into the weekend at $63,500. Still,...
