CryptoSlate Daily wMarket Update: Bitcoin dominance spikes to 40-week high CryptoSlate Daily wMarket Update: Bitcoin dominance spikes to 40-week high
The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets over the reporting period, published 07:45 ET on weekdays.
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Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 11:38 am UTC
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The cryptocurrency market cap saw net inflows of $36.12 billion since the last wMarket report and currently stands at $1.18 trillion – up 3.2% from $1.14 trillion.
Since Friday, the market caps of Bitcoin and Ethereum increased by 5.6% and 2.2% to $544.2 billion and $218.3 billion, respectively.
The top 10 cryptocurrencies recorded a mixed performance over the last 24 hours. Solana leads the pack, up 7.4%, followed by Bitcoin, which posted 4% gains. In contrast, Polygon was the worst performing, down 2.9% over the period.
In the last 24 hours, the market cap of Tether (USDT) increased to $76.38 billion. Meanwhile, USD Coin (USDC) and Binance USD (BUSD) fell to $36.15 billion and $8.2 billion, respectively.
Bitcoin
In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin increased 7% to trade at $28,183 as of 07:00 ET. Its market dominance jumped to 46.3% from 45.3% – a 40-week high.
Since last Friday, Bitcoin rose to $27,847 before edging downwards. By midday Sunday (ET,) buyers spiked the price to $28,485, leading into a sharp dip that found support at $27,226. A strong recovery saw the price return above the previous local top at $28,605.
Ethereum
Over the last 24 hours, Ethereum grew 0.2% to trade at $1,780 as of 07:00 ET. Its market dominance fell to 18.5% from 18.7%.
Since Friday, Ethereum peaked at $1,846 on Saturday morning (ET). Its price printed a cup pattern that retested $1,846 resistance, only to be rejected. The ensuing sell-off found support at $1,745.
Top 5 Gainers
Ren
REN is the day’s biggest gainer, rising 44.5% over the reporting period to $0.13934 as of press time. Its market cap stood at $139.2 million.
OMG Network
OMG gained 32.9% to $2.09731 as of press time. Coinbase announced delisting the token with effect from March 29. Its market cap stood at $294.14 million.
Kaspa
KAS is among the day’s top gainers after increasing 18.5% to $0.01663 at the time of writing. Trading on the Gate.io exchange goes live on March 21. Its market cap stood at $1.45 billion.
Conflux Network
CFX surged 17.5% to $0.45387 as of press time. The token has grown 170.4% over the past month. Its market cap stood at $1.21 billion.
Nervos Network
CKB is up 13.6% to $0.00498 as of press time. The project starts its “Building Connections Through Gaming” event on March 20. Its market cap stood at $199.7 million.
Top 5 Losers
Helium
HNT is the day’s biggest loser, falling 13.3% to trade at $1.36818 at the time of writing. The project announced migrating to the Solana chain, with the date now set for April 18. Its market cap stood at $192.37 million.
FTX Token
FTT plunged 10.8% to $1.38134 over the reporting period. The token experienced a rally last week, gaining 25.9% over the previous seven days. Its market cap stood at $454.32 million.
API3
API3 is down 9.6% to $1.83349. Despite today’s losses, the token is still up 34.1% over the past week. Its market cap stood at $147.02 million.
WEMIX
WEMIX decreased 7.6% to $1.49397 over the reporting period. Its market cap stood at $366.02 million.
Liquity
LQTY fell 6.3% to $2.29883. The token remains up 145.8% over the past 30 days. Its market cap stood at $210.18 million.
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Bitcoin 
Ethereum 
OMG Network 
Kaspa 
Conflux Network 
Nervos Network 
Ren 
Helium 
FTX Token 
WEMIX 
API3 
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Samuel Wan
Samuel Wan, a finance professional turned full-time crypto content creator, values individual autonomy and personal freedom in his pursuits.
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Ethereum
$3,352.03
Ethereum is a decentralized, open-source blockchain platform that enables the creation of smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps).
OMG Network
$0.33438
OMG Network (first developed as OmiseGO) is a non-custodial, Layer 2 scaling solution for transferring value on Ethereum.
Kaspa
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Kaspa is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency which implements the GHOSTDAG protocol.
Conflux Network
$0.16590
Conflux Network is an open protocol for a new world of DApps, finance, and Web 3.0.
Nervos Network
$0.01377
The Nervos Network describes itself as an open-source public blockchain ecosystem and collection of protocols.
Helium
$5.67334
Helium (HNT) is a blockchain-based cryptocurrency that powers the Helium Network, a decentralized wireless infrastructure designed to support Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
FTX Token
$2.54891
FTX is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange that offers futures, leveraged tokens and OTC trading.
WEMIX
$1.00191
Wemix is a blockchain based Global Gaming Platform developed by Wemade Tree that issubsidiary company of WEMADE as its flagship blockchain gaming services arm.
API3
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Liquity
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