{"id":135871,"date":"2026-02-17T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=135871"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:30:35","slug":"pi-networks-pi-token-is-back-in-green-as-bitcoin-btc-struggles-at-68k-market-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=135871","title":{"rendered":"Pi Network\u2019s PI Token Is Back in Green as Bitcoin (BTC) Struggles at $68K: Market Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin was stopped once again at the coveted $70,000 resistance yesterday, and the asset slipped by over two grand in the following hours, currently struggling below $68,000.<\/p>\n

Most larger-cap alts have continued their sluggish business week performance, with XRP well below $1.50 and DOGE dipping below $0.10.<\/p>\n

BTC Below $68K Again<\/h2>\n

The primary cryptocurrency reacted well to the price drop on February 6 when it plunged<\/a> to its lowest position since October 2024 at $60,000. After losing $30,000 in just over a week, the asset went on the offensive and almost immediately rocketed to $72,000.<\/p>\n

It faced resistance at that point and spent the following days trading between $68,000 and $72,000. The lower boundary gave in last Friday, but the bulls quickly intercepted the move and didn\u2019t allow further declines.<\/p>\n

Just the opposite; BTC started to recover some ground over the weekend and neared $71,000 on a couple of occasions. It couldn\u2019t continue north, though, and the subsequent rejections pushed<\/a> it south to under $68,000 yesterday after another unsuccessful breakout attempt.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin continues to trade below that level as of press time, with its market cap declining further to $1.355 trillion on CG. Its dominance over the alts has also been hit and is now below 56.5%.<\/p>\n

<\/a>BTCUSD Feb 17. Source: TradingView<\/p>\n

PI Back in Top 50<\/h2>\n

Ethereum has failed at reclaiming the $2,000 resistance after another minor daily decline. XRP has lost the $1.50 support following a 2.3% drop since yesterday. The OG meme coin is beneath $0.10 as it nearly erased all gains posted during the weekend. SOL, ADA, HYPE, and LINK are also slightly in the red, while BNB and TRX have posted insignificant gains.<\/p>\n

Pi Network\u2019s native token has turned green daily, jumping to almost $0.18. Recall that the asset went through a wild ride<\/a> in the past week, from an all-time low of $0.1312 to a local peak of over $0.20 before it settled now. Nevertheless, it has returned to the top 50 alts by market cap as its own is at $1.6 billion.<\/p>\n

The other big gainers from the top 100 alts are STABLE (15%), M (14%), and NEXO (8%). The total crypto market cap, though, has slipped back down to $2.4 trillion on CG.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Cryptocurrency Market Overview Daily Feb 17. Source: QuantifyCrypto<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin was stopped once again at the coveted $70,000 resistance yesterday, and the asset slipped by over two grand in the following hours, currently struggling below $68,000. Most larger-cap alts have continued their sluggish business week performance, with XRP well below $1.50 and DOGE dipping below $0.10. BTC Below $68K Again The primary cryptocurrency reacted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":135872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/135872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}