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Bitcoin’s price has solidified its position above the coveted $100,000 mark and even jumped above $102,000 earlier this morning.
Most altcoins are also in the red today with modest gains. XRP and BNB stand out as the biggest daily gainers.
<h2 id="btc-eyes-new-ath">BTC Eyes New ATH?</h2>
The start of the business week was quite painful for the primary cryptocurrency as it dumped toward $94,400 on a couple of occasions. However, it managed to bounce off after touching that support line the second time and shot up to $98,000 on Wednesday.
The gains continued in the following days, with BTC <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/crypto-markets-add-200b-daily-as-bitcoin-soars-past-100k-recovery-market-watch/" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">going back</a> into six-digit territory on Thursday. Aside from a few brief price slips below that level, bitcoin has <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-battles-for-100k-christmas-rally-incoming-your-weekly-crypto-recap/" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">managed to remain</a> above it for the most part.
Furthermore, it skyrocketed to over $102,500 earlier this morning to mark a nine-day peak. It has lost some ground since then and sits below $102,000 as of now, but it is still 1.5% up on the day.
This has pushed its market capitalization to well above $2 trillion. Its dominance over the alts has retraced slightly from the weekly high of 53% to 52.5%.
<figure id="attachment_374684" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-374684" style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BTCUSD-12.png" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img class="size-full wp-image-374684" src="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BTCUSD-12.png" alt="Bitcoin/Price/Chart 14.12.2024. Source: TradingView" width="3030" height="1478" srcset="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BTCUSD-12.png 3030w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BTCUSD-12-300x146.png 300w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BTCUSD-12-1024x499.png 1024w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BTCUSD-12-768x375.png 768w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BTCUSD-12-1536x749.png 1536w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BTCUSD-12-2048x999.png 2048w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BTCUSD-12-50x24.png 50w" sizes="(max-width: 3030px) 100vw, 3030px"></a>
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 Bitcoin/Price/Chart 14.12.2024. Source: TradingView
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<h2 id="xrp-bnb-on-the-rise">XRP, BNB on the Rise</h2>
Most larger-cap alts are with minor gains today. ETH has reclaimed $3,900 after a slight 1% increase. SOL, DOGE, ADA, AVAX, and SHIB have marked similar gains.
Binance Coin is up by 3% and trades above $725. XRP has stolen the show from the larger caps, having surged by 6%. It even tapped $2.5 earlier today but has retraced slightly since then. LINK, XLM, and TRX are the other notable gainers.
The cumulative market capitalization of all crypto assets still sits above $3.8 trillion after a 1% increase in the past 24 hours.
<figure id="attachment_374686" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-374686" style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-14-105730.png" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img class="size-full wp-image-374686" src="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-14-105730.png" alt="Cryptocurrency Market Overview. Source: QuantifyCrypto" width="3120" height="1468" srcset="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-14-105730.png 3120w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-14-105730-300x141.png 300w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-14-105730-1024x482.png 1024w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-14-105730-768x361.png 768w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-14-105730-1536x723.png 1536w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-14-105730-2048x964.png 2048w, https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-14-105730-50x24.png 50w" sizes="(max-width: 3120px) 100vw, 3120px"></a>
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 Cryptocurrency Market Overview. Source: QuantifyCrypto
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