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Reaching an unprecedented price of $94,585.23 on Binance,<a href="https://u.today/max-keiser-bitcoin-gives-microstrategy-mstr-unknown-ceiling" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin (BTC)</a> continues to dominate the cryptocurrency. The surge coincides with the fear and greed index by CoinMarketCap registering a figure of 84, firmly placing market sentiment in the “extreme greed” zone. It is not the highest point of late, though.
Previously, on Nov. 16, the indicator reached a high of 86, with Bitcoin trading at $87,930 with $133.67 billion in trading volume. The newest all-time high was reached when the Bitcoin trading volume totaled just $76.14 billion.
While Bitcoin is grabbing most of the market's attention with its price gains, other segments of the cryptocurrency space seem to be lagging. The TOTAL2 indicator, which tracks the market capitalization of altcoins, shows a modest 1% rise. <img src="https://u.today/sites/default/files/inline-images/TOTAL2_2024-11-20_18-17-07.png" data-entity-uuid="d6e2b9cd-a5c6-4b9d-b49a-1bff14c2aa37" data-entity-type="file" alt="&quot;&quot;" data-caption="Source: <a href=&quot;https://www.tradingview.com/x/5EWnjS0m/&quot;>TradingView</a>">
Meanwhile, Bitcoin itself saw double that performance, with a more substantial 2.2% price increase during the same period, which just goes to show how much of a beneficiary it is of the bullish sentiment. <img src="https://u.today/sites/default/files/inline-images/fearandgreed_0.png" data-entity-uuid="af3cd699-1568-4727-ad06-f1c0dc702aba" data-entity-type="file" alt="&quot;&quot;" data-caption="Source: <a href=&quot;https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/fear-and-greed-index/&quot;>CoinMarketCap</a>">
It is worth mentioning that the Ethereum-to-Bitcoin ratio has dropped to levels last seen in March 2021. This also shows a big shift in investor preference, when even Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is struggling to keep up with Bitcoin's recent momentum.
All in all, the bigger picture shows that all attention, enthusiasm and mainly capital is going into<a href="https://u.today/trader-predicts-dogecoin-doge-may-outshine-bitcoin-in-new-bull-run" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin</a>, while other assets on the market are growing more slowly or even getting sucked of liquidity. While greed is usually a good sign, the uneven distribution of market gains raises questions about whether these trends can last and whether there will ever be an altcoin season or this market will stick with <a href="https://u.today/sell-it-and-buy-bitcoin-while-you-still-can-samson-mow-to-eth-holders" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC</a> only. <a href="https://u.today/new-bitcoin-all-time-high-triggers-extreme-greed-on-cryptocurrency-market" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Read original article on U.Today</a>

New Bitcoin All-Time High Triggers Extreme Greed on Cryptocurrency Market

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