{"id":137063,"date":"2026-02-21T10:48:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=137063"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:48:34","slug":"btc-price-taps-68k-despite-tariff-fiasco-etc-skyrockets-15-daily-weekend-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=137063","title":{"rendered":"BTC Price Taps $68K Despite Tariff Fiasco, ETC Skyrockets 15% Daily: Weekend Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin\u2019s price felt some volatility after yesterday\u2019s developments on the tariff front, but ultimately recovered from the dip and now sits around $68,000.<\/p>\n

Most larger-cap alts are with minor gains today, while DOT, UNI, and NEAR have emerged as the top performers from this cohort of assets.<\/p>\n

BTC Above $68K<\/h2>\n

The primary cryptocurrency rallied<\/a> unexpectedly last weekend after it defended the $65,000 support. The bulls initiated a leg up that drove the asset to almost $71,000 for the first time in about a week. However, that was another short-lived attempt, and BTC quickly started to lose value during the business week.<\/p>\n

It was stopped once again at $70,000 on Monday, and the next few days brought some more pain. The aulmination took place on Thursday when the bears pushed bitcoin down to $65,600. Its reaction was positive at this point, and it quickly rebounded by three grand.<\/p>\n

More volatility ensued on Friday after the US Supreme Court ruled<\/a> that some of Trump\u2019s tariffs were illegal. The POTUS responded immediately and imposed<\/a> an additional 10% global tariff on top of the existing ones. BTC dropped by $2,000 in minutes, but recovered just as quickly, and now trades above $68,000 once again.<\/p>\n

Its market capitalization has climbed above $1.360 trillion, while its dominance over the alts on CG stands close to 56.5%.<\/p>\n

<\/a>BTCUSD Feb 21. Source: TradingView<\/p>\n

ETC Pumps<\/h2>\n

ETH, XRP, SOL, and TRX have all posted minor gains of under 1% daily. As a result, Ethereum continues to struggle below $2,000, while XRP is close to $1.45. BCH and HYPE have marked more impressive gains from the larger caps.<\/p>\n

Even more impressive price increases come from DOT, UNI, and NEAR, with gains of up to 8% in the case of Near Protocol\u2019s native token. Nevertheless, Ethereum Classic has soared the most today, rocketing by 16% to $9.7. FIL and ARB follow suit.<\/p>\n

The total crypto market cap has reclaimed the $2.4 trillion mark on CG and is up to $2.415 trillion as of press time.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Cryptocurrency Market Overview Feb 21. Source QuantifyCrypto<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin\u2019s price felt some volatility after yesterday\u2019s developments on the tariff front, but ultimately recovered from the dip and now sits around $68,000. Most larger-cap alts are with minor gains today, while DOT, UNI, and NEAR have emerged as the top performers from this cohort of assets. BTC Above $68K The primary cryptocurrency rallied unexpectedly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":137064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137063","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\/137063"}],"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=137063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/137064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}