Bitcoin tried to keep climbing yesterday and topped just over $64,000. It hit a ceiling there, then slid to trade about a grand lower.
That pause matters because Bitcoin only recently clawed back from a brutal June drawdown. CryptoPoint’s market watch says BTC spent “a dark week” that began with $73,000, then collapsed below $70,000, with multiple major supports failing on the way down. The $65,000 level gave in first. Then $60,000 finally broke.
BTC: rebound off multi-year lows, then a hard stop
CryptoPotato reports Bitcoin dipped to a multi-year low of $59,100 after Friday’s sell-off. The bounce was immediate, with bulls pushing it back above $60,000, and then to $61,000 and $63,000 over the weekend.
On Monday, the pace briefly picked up. A “quick spike to $64,200” came after promises from Trump about a permanent peace deal with Iran. But that move didn’t stick. CryptoPotato says attempts to overcome $64,000 failed during the day, and BTC now trades around $63,000.
On the fundamentals of the tape, CryptoPotato places Bitcoin’s market cap at $1.265 trillion on CoinGecko and notes dominance slipped slightly to 56.1%. That’s a small tell. BTC is strong enough to stabilize, but it’s not running the whole market right now.
Altcoins: XRP leads the top 10, ETH and BNB follow
Most large-cap altcoins show mild green in CryptoPotato’s snapshot.
Ethereum is “inch[ing] closer to $1,700.” Binance Coin reclaimed $600 after a 1.25% jump, and XRP is up about 2%, trading “well above $0.17.” CryptoPotato calls XRP the best performer among top 10 assets in the session.
CryptoPotato also includes analyst commentary that a larger XRP rally is ahead, with targets “up to $27.” That’s not a guarantee, but it does explain why traders and observers are paying attention to XRP’s recovery rather than treating it as random noise.
Other names in the same group aren’t moving with the same urgency. ZEC added the most daily value in the wider set mentioned, rising 7.5% to $470. WLD is the top gainer out of the largest 100 alts, up 9.5% to over $0.50.
ADA gets the opposite kind of note. CryptoPotato references a crash during last week’s market-wide selloff and mentions Hoskinson’s decision to take a break. Still, ADA is up over 4% now to $0.17.
Market-wide picture: total value flat, not expanding
CryptoPotato says the cumulative market capitalization of all crypto assets remains “sideways,” just under $2.560 trillion on CoinGecko.
In practice, that means this is not a broad “risk-on” expansion across everything. Instead, it looks like rotation within a range, with some names outperforming while the total pie barely changes.
The table below pulls the key levels and movers from CryptoPotato’s market watch.
| Asset | Latest move or level (per CryptoPotato) | Context in the report |
|---|---|---|
| BTC | ~ $63,000 now after stalling around $64,200 | Rebounded from $59,100, failed to break $64K |
| BTC market cap | $1.265T on CG | Dominance ~56.1% after slight slip |
| ETH | near $1,700 | Small daily increase |
| BNB | reclaimed $600 | +1.25% |
| XRP | +2%, well above $0.17 | Best top-10 performer in the snapshot |
| ZEC | $470 | +7.5% daily |
| WLD | > $0.50 | +9.5% |
| ADA | $0.17 | +4% after prior crash |
| Total market cap | just under $2.560T on CG | Sideways, no clear expansion |
What to watch next
Bitcoin’s story is still about whether it can turn the $64,000 area into support. CryptoPotato shows how fast it lost altitude after the $64,200 spike. Until BTC proves that level, broad market strength may stay selective.
For alts, XRP’s relative outperformance is the clear headline in CryptoPotato’s top-10 list. But in a market where total value is flat, even strong days can fade quickly if BTC keeps capping rallies.
The next session’s signal is simple. If BTC holds above the recent rebound zone, ETH and other large caps can likely follow. If not, the gains may stay confined to the usual high-beta survivors.