{"id":4084,"date":"2024-01-14T11:43:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T11:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2024-01-14T11:43:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T11:43:36","slug":"eth-outperforms-btc-in-etf-approval-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/eth-outperforms-btc-in-etf-approval-week\/","title":{"rendered":"ETH OUTPERFORMS BTC IN ETF APPROVAL WEEK\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the week of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs, Ethereum (ETH) outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) in the cryptocurrency market. While Bitcoin experienced significant volatility and ultimately calmed around $43,000, it closed the week in the red, unlike Ethereum and most other major cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long-awaited approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. came on Wednesday, with the products hitting the market on Thursday. However, the week was marked by a series of downturns, including a security breach and a controversial statement from SEC Chair Gary Gensler. This led to Bitcoin&#8217;s price surging over $49,000 following the ETF launch and subsequently dropping by over $7,000 within 36 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the weekend, Bitcoin&#8217;s price stabilized around $43,000, but its weekly performance showed a decline of more than 2%, resulting in a market cap reduction to $840 billion. Consequently, Bitcoin&#8217;s dominance over altcoins fell below 50%, having lost over 3% in the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, Ethereum enjoyed a rise of more than 13% over the same period, trading above $2,500. This increase may have been driven by anticipation that Ethereum would also see the launch of exchange-traded products. Other altcoins such as Tron, Chainlink, Polkadot, Avalanche, Solana, Polygon, Litecoin, and Dogecoin also posted gains. Binance Coin (BNB) was the only top 10 altcoin to register a minor daily decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization increased by $40 billion compared to the previous Sunday, despite a significant drop of over $80 billion from Thursday&#8217;s peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/c-LlCcRcVM3T-phJf16uQZQ8URs5JfzwLXa0smke5Hydnb1upLfff3MRM8zq_q_iCYboAEhcsMf4RkD5Lu2_XVUja0LwDiGFoGHnndlEr4jcs4f2t6-LgLh4D_4_tlpERqZDuwAiXnrfzDNH9OqL_A\" alt=\"A screenshot of a chartDescription automatically generated\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cryptocurrency Market Overview. Source: Quantify Crypto<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the week of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs, Ethereum (ETH) outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) in the cryptocurrency market.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[44,32],"class_list":["post-4084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-blockchain","tag-crypto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4086,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084\/revisions\/4086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}