Bitcoin Surpasses $17,000 as Crypto Market Cap Targets $900 Billion (Market Watch)

                                                            Nach Tagen der Konsolidierung und einer nach unten gerichteten Seitwärtsbewegung hat sich der Cryptowährungsmarkt endlich erholt und auf den Handelscharts ein grünes Meer gesehen.  Die Gesamtkapitalisierung wird auf 900 Milliarden Dollar angestrebt.

Bitcoin-Price exceeds $17,000

In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin has finally been able to gain momentum, surpassing the coveted $17,000 mark in the process.

BTC surged from an intraday low of $16,733 to a local high of $17,330 (on Binance), up around 3.5%.
Binance via TradingView
Bitcoin’s dominance — the metric that measures its share relative to the overall market — has also increased somewhat. This is important because it tells the current state of affairs, where altcoins are performing slightly less than BTC.

Altcoins also green

Although they underperform BTC, most are trading cryptocurrencies today also well in the green area.

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As seen in the heatmap above, Ethereum is one of the best performers among the top coins by total market cap, up nearly 4% on the day and targeting $1,300. Litecoin and MATIC also post similar gains.

Trust’s TWT token Wallet and The Graph (GRT) are today’s champions, both up about 8.5% in the last 24 hours. At the other end of the spectrum, Radix (XRD) was lagging behind, falling a whopping 10% on the day.

The rise has also had a positive impact on overall market sentiment. The data shows that it went from a state of ‘extreme fear’ to ‘anxiety’.