{"id":218088,"date":"2026-08-25T09:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=218088"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:42:36","slug":"bitcoin-dominance-on-the-rise-again-as-btc-tapped-15-week-peak-above-81k-market-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=218088","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Dominance on the Rise Again as BTC Tapped 15-Week Peak Above $81K: Market Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin\u2019s price initiated another leg up in the past several hours, blasting past $80,000 and $81,000 for the first time since the middle of May.<\/p>\n

BTC even outperformed many larger-cap altcoins, which resulted in an uptick in its dominance over the market.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin Exceeded $81K<\/h2>\n

It was just a week ago when we were wondering what would be the new (old) thing that we could write about the crypto market, as bitcoin had stalled below $65,000 for a long, long time. However, Wednesday afternoon changed the trend. Whether it was the US Treasury Department\u2019s announcement<\/a>, the White House Crypto Summit, or something else<\/a>, BTC exploded out of the gate with force.<\/p>\n

It went to $70,000 within a few hours, dipped back to $68,000, and then skyrocketed once again to $75,000 by Thursday. The bulls took it a step further on Friday, helping BTC climb to almost $80,000 for the first time since mid-May.<\/p>\n

After gaining $15,000 in days, the asset was due for a correction<\/a>, which took place during the weekend with a price slip to $75,500. Nevertheless, the bull returned in full force at the start of the new business week, pushing bitcoin to over $81,000 earlier today to mark a 15-week peak.<\/p>\n

It was stopped there and now sits inches below $80,000, but its market cap has risen to $1.6 trillion. Its dominance over the alts has rocketed to 58% on CG and to almost 60% on CMC after its latest run.<\/p>\n

<\/a>BTCUSD August 25. Source: TradingView<\/p>\n

SOL Touches $100<\/h2>\n

Solana\u2019s native token is the top performer among the larger-cap alts today, surging by 7% to over $100 for the first time in months. HYPE has neared its all-time high of $83, marked a few days ago, once again, as it now sits close to $82. ZEC has surpassed DOGE as the 10th-largest cryptocurrency by market cap.<\/p>\n

XMR and RAIN are the other top performers from this cohort of assets, while MORPHO, AAVE, and LTC have dropped the most. Meanwhile, ETH remains inches below $2,500, XRP is stuck<\/a> at $1.50, and BNB is back above $700.<\/p>\n

The total crypto market cap has added nearly $100 billion since yesterday and is up to $2.770 trillion on CG.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Cryptocurrency Market Overview August 25. Source: QuantifyCrypto<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin\u2019s price initiated another leg up in the past several hours, blasting past $80,000 and $81,000 for the first time since the middle of May. BTC even outperformed many larger-cap altcoins, which resulted in an uptick in its dominance over the market. Bitcoin Exceeded $81K It was just a week ago when we were wondering […]<\/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-218088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218088"}],"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=218088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=218088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=218088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=218088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}