As the weekend came, bitcoin calmed and has remained just under $45,000. Most altcoins are in a similar position with slight daily increases. The most substantial gainers are Dogecoin and Cronos (CRO).
Bitcoin eyes $45,000 again
The BTC landscape was quite different last Sunday. The value of the asset was gradually declining and was about to drop below $40,000 for the first time in a week.
However, a lot can change in the crypto markets in seven days. Bitcoin initiated an impressive leg up instead of dropping below $40,000 and jumped to $43,000 to mark a three-week high at the time.
He pulled back slightly before going on the offensive again, and this time he hit $44,000. As CryptoPotato reported on Friday, BTC even surged and briefly topped $45,000 for the first time since early March.
The cryptocurrency stalled below that level yesterday and currently sits there as well – just under $45,000. This means that BTC is up by almost 8% in the past week, and its market capitalization stands at $850 billion.
DOGE and CRO lead the way
Altcoins are also fairly quiet on a day-to-day scale. Ethereum reclaimed the $3,000 level this week and hasn’t looked back since. After a slight retracement yesterday, the second-largest crypto is now slightly in the green and sits well above $3,100. It is also up around 8% over the past week.
Binance Coin is close to $420 after an increase of around 1%. Ripple, Cardano, Solana, Terra, Polkadot, Avalanche, and Shiba Inu are all up by a similar percentage.
The biggest winners of the larger cap altcoins are Dogecoin and Cronos. Both assets are up around 5%. Hence, DOGE stands at $0.14, while CRO is above $0.45.
Yet, Zilliqa has stolen the show as ZIL has soared by over 60%, according to CoinGecko, and sits close to $0.1.
More gains come from Convex Finance (20%), VeChain (14%) and ApeCoin (9%). The crypto market capitalization remained slightly above $2 trillion.
