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After slipping hard yesterday, bitcoin went on the offensive in the past 12 hours or so and exploded to a weekly high of just under $62,000. 
Aside from TRX and TON, the other larger-cap altcoins have followed suit with impressive gains from the likes of LINK, UNI, MATIC, and others. 
<h2 id="btc-eyes-62k">BTC Eyes $62K?</h2> 
It was roughly a week ago when the primary cryptocurrency dumped hard and fell from $59,600 to $56,300. However, the bulls stepped up at this point and didn’t allow any further breakdowns. Instead, BTC headed north and spent the weekend trading sideways at just shy of $60,000. 
The new business week began with <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/tron-trx-explodes-12-daily-bitcoin-btc-slips-below-60k-market-watch/" data-wpel-link="internal">another retracement</a> that drove bitcoin south to $58,000. Yet, the cryptocurrency didn’t stay there long and shot up to over $61,000 on Tuesday. 
The scenario repeated once again on Wednesday as the asset fell back down to under $59,000. More of the same followed, and bitcoin jumped to and beyond $60,000 late last night amid <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/trump-trade-bitcoin-pops-4-on-rumors-of-upcoming-rfk-dropout/" data-wpel-link="internal">rumors</a> that RFK will drop out of the US election race, which could favor pro-crypto candidate Donald Trump. 
BTC peaked at $61,800, which became a weekly high, before retracing to around $61,000 as of now. Its market cap is just over $1.2 trillion, while its dominance over the alts has increased slightly to 53.6% on CG. 
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 Bitcoin/Price/Chart 22.08.2024. Source: TradingView
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<h2 id="link-uni-matic-on-the-rise">LINK, UNI, MATIC on the Rise</h2> 
Most altcoins have turned green today. ETH has neared $2,650 after a minor 2% increase. XRP, SOL, AVAX, DOGE, and DOT have also charted similar gains. 
BNB, ADA, SHIB, and BCH have posted more impressive increases of around 3-4%. However, the biggest gainers on a daily scale include LINK (10%), UNI (7.5%), and MATIC (11%). Polygon’s native token has soared past $0.5 as a result. 
The most notable price performers from the top 100 alts are FTM (15%), BTT (14%), BEAM (14%), and RENDER (12%). 
The total crypto market cap has recovered over $50 billion since yesterday and is up to $2.250 trillion. 
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 Cryptocurrency Market Overview. Source: QuantifyCrypto
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