{"id":168594,"date":"2026-05-21T08:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=168594"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:21:25","slug":"hype-and-zec-steal-the-show-btc-price-stopped-at-78k-market-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=168594","title":{"rendered":"HYPE and ZEC Steal the Show, BTC Price Stopped at $78K: Market Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin\u2019s price recovery that started a couple of days ago pushed the asset to just over $78,000 before it was stopped and driven south by around $500.<\/p>\n

Minor gains are evident from BNB, SOL, and DOGE, but, as mentioned in the title, two larger-cap alts have stolen the show.<\/p>\n

BTC Progress Stopped at $78K<\/h2>\n

Bitcoin was rejected at $82,000 on a few occasions last week, with the last such example taking place on Thursday. At the time, the cryptocurrency had gained over $3,000 in hours after the CLARITY Act passed<\/a> the US Senate Banking Committee. However, it couldn\u2019t keep climbing and quickly lost the $80,000 psychological level.<\/p>\n

It dived further by Friday evening to under $79,000 before the bears drove it a step lower to beneath $78,000 on Saturday. After a relatively calm Sunday, the largest digital asset fell again on Monday and Tuesday. This time, it dumped to $76,000, which became its lowest price tag in over three weeks.<\/p>\n

After it had lost over $6,000 in several days, the bulls finally intervened<\/a> and prevented another setback. BTC started<\/a> a gradual recovery that drove it to over $77,000 yesterday and to just north of $78,000 earlier this morning. However, it couldn\u2019t keep climbing and now sits below that level.<\/p>\n

Its market capitalization is down to under $1.560 trillion, while its dominance over the alts has been reduced slightly to 58.2% on CG.<\/p>\n

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

ZEC, HYPE on the Rise<\/h2>\n

Ethereum continues with its underwhelming performance, being slightly in the red daily, but it still stands above $2,100. In contrast, BNB, SOL, DOGE, BCH, and XMR are with 1-2% gains. HYPE has rocketed<\/a> the most from the larger-cap alts. It\u2019s up by 19% daily to $58, which brings it inches away from a new all-time high.<\/p>\n

ZEC has added over 13% of value and now trades well above $660. DASH, MNT, ONDO, and TAO follow suit, while SUI and NEAR are next in terms of daily gains.<\/p>\n

The total crypto market cap has increased by over $30 billion in a day and is close to $2.680 trillion on CG.<\/p>\n

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

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Bitcoin\u2019s price recovery that started a couple of days ago pushed the asset to just over $78,000 before it was stopped and driven south by around $500. Minor gains are evident from BNB, SOL, and DOGE, but, as mentioned in the title, two larger-cap alts have stolen the show. BTC Progress Stopped at $78K Bitcoin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168594"}],"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=168594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=168594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=168594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=168594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}