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Bitcoin must defend $62,500 as altcoins lose $8.8 billion in a week

Bitcoin’s defense of $62,500 will set the tone for a fragile altcoin market, with ETH, HYPE and leveraged traders exposed to another unwind.

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Bitcoin’s hold on $62,500 will set the tone for a fragile altcoin market, leaving ETH, HYPE and leveraged traders exposed to another unwind. Crypto’s next phase is being driven less by hype than by who can still win trust, funding and access under tighter scrutiny, as a Bitcoin treasury vehicle struggled to place nearly half its shares despite a double-digit yield.

That caution is colliding with expansion elsewhere. Citadel Securities is backing rival exchanges as tokenized-market competition for Wall Street intensifies, while Circle’s new federal trust bank status under the GENIUS Act is accelerating stablecoin distribution even as lenders warn deposits could be pulled from traditional credit.


The global crypto market cap is $2.19 trillion, with a 24-hour volume of $42.09 billion. The price of Bitcoin is $64,103.14, and BTC market dominance is 58.6%. The price of Ethereum is $1,844.22, and ETH market dominance is 10.1%. The best-performing sector is Travel, which gained 3%. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is currently Extreme Fear (25).


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