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This Week’s Best and Worst Alt Performers as Bitcoin Stalls at $43K (Weekend Watch)

source-logo  cryptopotato.com 04 February 2024 10:53, UTC
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The lack of substantial price movements for Bitcoin continue through the entire weekend, as the asset failed to deviate from its $43,000 level.

The alternative coins are also untypically stable, with minor losses from the likes of $ADA, $DOT, $LINK, MATIC, and $SOL.

$BTC Stagnates at $43K

The primary cryptocurrency bounced off last Thursday from the post-ETF approvals decline that pushed it south by over ten grand in weeks. Following that massive drop to $38,500, the asset went on the offensive and quickly jumped to $40,000 during the previous weekend.

The business week started on an even more impressive note, as $BTC began climbing on Monday and saw itself surging toward $44,000 on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, it failed to continue upward, and the bears drove it south to $42,000 on Thursday after the US Fed Chair said there will be no changes in the central bank’s monetary policy.

Bitcoin recovered some ground on Friday but failed to overcome $43,000 decisively. Since then, the asset has been predominantly calm at around that level and sits there now as well.

Its market capitalization remains inches above $840 billion, and its dominance over the alts is at 51.2% on CMC.

This Week’s Most Notable Performers

The alternative coins have produced little movement over the past day, with $SOL, MATIC, $ADA, and $DOT trading slightly in the red. The weekly scale is quite similar for most.

Ripple, Avalanche, Binance Coin, Dogecoin, MATIC, and Toncoin have declined by 2-3% within the past week. In contrast, ETH, $SOL, $ADA, TRX, and $DOT are with insignificant gains.

Chainlink has stolen the show within the past seven days, having soared by 22%. As a result, $LINK now trades close to $18. Other impressive weekly performers include FLR (36%), PENDLE (21%), and PYTH (17%).

On the other hand, JUP has slumped the most (65%), followed by MANTA (-25%), 1000SATS (-18%), BONK (-17%), and LDO (-13%).


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