
{"id":55627,"date":"2025-03-31T07:19:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T07:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=55627"},"modified":"2025-03-31T07:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T07:19:04","slug":"crypto-markets-shed-250b-weekly-as-bitcoin-altcoins-bleed-out-heavily-market-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=55627","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Markets Shed $250B Weekly as Bitcoin, Altcoins Bleed Out Heavily (Market Watch)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin\u2019s price continues its downturn that started on Friday, and the asset slumped to a two-week low of just over $81,000 earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>The altcoins have taken this beating even worse, with many posting double-digit price declines on a weekly scale, pushing the total market cap south to $2.750 billion.<\/p>\n<h2>BTC Keeps Plunging<\/h2>\n<p>A lot can change in the cryptocurrency markets within the span of a week, and this narrative proved right once again in the past seven days. Recall that bitcoin shot up to $88,800 last Monday, which became its <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-hits-17-day-high-avalanche-posts-double-digit-gains-market-watch\/\">highest<\/a> price tag in over two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Although it faced rejection there, it remained above $86,000 for the next several days. Tha was until Friday when the $86,000 support gave in and BTC started losing value gradually. The weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/these-altcoins-bleed-out-as-bitcoin-btc-struggles-at-84k-weekend-watch\/\">culmination<\/a> came during the weekend when bitcoin slipped to $81,600.<\/p>\n<p>Although it<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/this-weeks-biggest-losers-revealed-as-bitcoin-slides-to-83k-weekend-watch\/\"> bounced off<\/a> initially and went above $83,000 on Sunday, the bears regained control on Monday morning with another leg down. This time, BTC went even further south to $81,300 (on Bitstamp), which became a new two-week low.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, BTC struggles to remain above $82,000, trading seven grand lower than this time last week. Its market capitalization has plunged to $1.630 trillion on CG, but its dominance over the altcoins is up to 59.2%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BTCUSD-23.png\"><\/a>BTCUSD. Source: TradingView<\/p>\n<h2>Altcoins on a Downfall<\/h2>\n<p>The growing BTC dominance in times of market retracement means only one thing \u2013 alts have it worse. The biggest losers from the larger caps are SUI, HBAR, LEO, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/why-is-ripple-xrp-the-worst-performing-crypto-asset-out-of-top-20\/\">XRP<\/a>, with price declines of up to 8%.<\/p>\n<p>DOGE, ADA, BNB, LINK, and XLM are also in the red on a daily scale, but in a less painful manner. However, the weekly chart is a lot more violent. ETH, XRP, ADA, LINK, AVAX, HBAR, and LTC have all plunged by double-digits.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, CRO has gained 20% while TON is up by 6%. Nevertheless, the total crypto market cap has wiped out $250 billion since last Monday\u2019s peak and is down to $2.750 trillion on CG.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-31-101757.png\"><\/a>Cryptocurrency Market Overview. Source: QuantifyCrypto<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/crypto-markets-shed-250b-weekly-as-bitcoin-altcoins-bleed-out-heavily-market-watch\/\">Crypto Markets Shed $250B Weekly as Bitcoin, Altcoins Bleed Out Heavily (Market Watch)<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin\u2019s price continues its downturn that started on Friday, and the asset slumped to a two-week low of just over $81,000 earlier today. The altcoins have taken this beating even worse, with many posting double-digit price declines on a weekly scale, pushing the total market cap south to $2.750 billion. 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