Despite weekend dip, bitcoin’s market dominance hits highest level since April 2021 | Headlines | News | CoinMarketCap
04/17/2024 02:27
While the stock market was closed this weekend and unable to react to the news of Israel being the target of an Iranian drone attack, the …
While the stock market was closed this weekend and unable to react to the news of Israel being the target of an Iranian drone attack, the crypto market was ready to respond.
Assets across the board took a dip as traders recalibrated their portfolios and scaled back risky bets. Bitcoin itself fell from over $70,000 on Friday, April 12, to just over $63,000 at the end of April 13, dropping roughly 11.6% from its high on Friday to its low on Saturday.
Bitcoin was actually one of the cryptocurrencies least impacted. According to Coinglass, there were over $757 million worth of long liquidations on centralized exchanges on Saturday, but only $261 million worth were on bitcoin positions.
While most crypto assets do fall into the “risk” category for traders, bitcoin is arguably …