Friday in the familiarized fractionalization of crypto, Bitcoin (BTC) was at $20,600 when the day began, trading mostly sideways in the first quarter, before falling to $20,495 at the start the second. In the second quarter, “Bit” got as high as $21,210, but got rejected and sent down to $20,750 around midday. Not one to stay down, BTC climbed even higher to $21,195 in the third quarter, only to fall to $21,090 by the start of the fourth. With one more strong boost from the bulls, “Bit” made it all the way up to $21,430 in the final quarter, then went on to trade in a tight channel between $21,340 and $21,460 in the last hours, before eventually retiring at $21,395 going into the weekend. BTC, now up 4% for the week, has a marketcap of $411 billion. Bitcoin dominance, meanwhile, is at 36.9% versus all cryptoassets, after gaining .1% in the last 24 hours.
Venturing into the world of Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptoasset by value was trading at $1,580 when the day started, but rose to $1,595 early before correcting down to $1,570 by the start of the second quarter. From there, ETH got as high as $1,660, then fell to $1,620 around midday. In the second half, or the third quarter more specifically, ETH rose back up to $1,650 where it would trade sideways leading into the last quarter. Moving forward, the fourth and final quarter saw ETH remain in a tight range between $1,660 and $1,645, eventually leading to the asset retiring at $1,655 leading into Saturday. ETH, now up 6% for the week, has a marketcap of $199 billion.
Like the previous day, the Top-100 altcoins closed Friday with the majority in green, only more bullishly with 90% of the bunch recording gains. On top of that, there were four projects that went up in double-digit percentages on this day, which included, in order of larger-sized marketcap assets first, Dogecoin (DOGE) gaining 10%, The Sandbox (SAND) ~10%, Axie Infinity (AXS) ~ 23% and ECOMI (OMI) rising 13%, with no big losers beside them. Meanwhile, the total marketcap of all cryptoassets went up 5% to $1.112 trillion, providing some much needed cushion above the $1-trillion mark.
- Bitcoin(BTC)StartsFridayAt$20,600andAtTheLowestPointOfItsDayTaps$20,495inTheFirstHalfBeforeClimbingAsHighAs$21,460inTheFourthQuarterAndRetiringAt$21,395nowUp4%forTheWeekWithMarketcapOf$411billionAndBitcoinDominanceAt36.9%versusAllCryptoassets
- Ether(ETH)KicksOffTheLastDayOfTheWeekAt$1,580andOnlyFallsAsLowAs$1,570earlyBeforeTheBullsDroveItsPriceAsHighAs$1,660thenSawItCorrectTo$1,620aroundMiddayBeforeClimbingBackUpTo$1,660andRetiringAt$1645nowUp6%forTheWeekWithMarketcapOf$199billion
- TheTop100altcoinsCloseFridayWith90%ofTheBunchInGreenWithFourDoubleDigitGainers:DOGE/SAND/AXSandOMIwithNoBigLosersBesideThemWhileTheTotalMarketcapOfAllCryptoassetsWentUp5%inTheLast24hoursToWhatIsNow$1.112trillionAndBackInTheAbove$1trillionTerritory
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