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Cryptocurrencies will be in the spotlight this week as the market focuses on the ongoing trade talks between the U.S. and China, new consumer inflation data, and the Consensus event in Toronto. The crypto market enters the week on a high note, with Bitcoin (BTC) and most altcoins being in a bull market after rising by over 20% from their lowest levels in April and the fear and greed index being in the greed zone. Some of the top cryptocurrencies to watch will be Pi Network (PI), Ethereum (ETH), and Solayer (LAYER). Ethereum Ethereum price surged last week after the developers implemented the Pectra upgrade that introduced 11 improvement proposals on areas like account abstraction, validator balances, blob throughput, and validator deposits and withdrawals.  ETH will be in the spotlight this week as investors assess whether the rally will continue. Continuation of this trend would lead to higher prices for most ERC tokens like Pepe (PEPE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and Uniswap (UNI). The daily chart shows that Ethereum price jumped above the key resistance level at $2,132, the neckline of the double-top pattern at $4,085. It also jumped above the 50-day and 100-day moving averages. While the rally may continue, there is also a risk that the coin will drop, retest $2,132, and then resume the uptrend. This performance is known as a break-and-retest and is one of the most bullish signs of continuation. ETH price chart | Source: crypto.news You might also like:A 90-year-old theory suggests the Pi Network price may surge soon Pi Network The Pi Network price went parabolic as we predicted last week here and here.It soared to a high of $1.0670, its highest level since March 21, and 158% above its lowest point in April.  Pi Network will be in focus because of the upcoming Consensus event in Toronto, where the core team has promised a major announcement.  Speculation is that Pi will announce an exchange listing by one or more large exchanges. Other potential news will be project partnerships, changes on tokenomics, or an ecosystem fund to incentivize creators on its network.  Therefore, there is a likelihood that the Pi Coin price will keep surging ahead of the announcement. A potential target in all this is $1.8, the highest swing on March 13. Pi Network price chart | Source: crypto.news Solayer Solayer, a staking network on Solana (SOL), missed the recent crypto rally as its price plunged to $1.2 from a high of $3.35. This crash mirrored the recent Mantra price plunge, which was blamed on forced liquidations and insider sales. You might also like:‘Trust is gone’: Mantra price languishes ahead of CEO speech Solayer price will be spotlighted as the network implements another token unlock. On Monday, it will unlock tokens worth $32 million. $21 million of these tokens will go to the community, while the rest will go to the foundation.  Solayer has more token unlocks as it has a circulating supply of 210 million LAYER tokens against a total supply of 1 billion.  Token unlocks are seen as highly bearish since they introduce new coins into the market. Some of the other unlocks to watch this week are Morpho, Aptos, Pendle, WhiteBit, and Arbitrum. Read more:Solayer price crashes 62% in 2 days — what happened?

Bitcoin dominance has been growing steadily after dropping to 40% in November 2022. This April, Bitcoin dominance crossed the 64% mark, meaning that the market cap of Bitcoin accounts for nearly two-thirds of the entire crypto market capitalization. While some still wait for the altcoin season to begin, others state this cycle is different, and there will probably be no altcoin seasons ever again. Bitcoin dominance is nearing 64%, last seen at the peak of the 2020 bear market.This isn't just a $BTC move. Its capital rotating out of alts.Historically, this level has been a turning point. If it breaks 66%, alts might bleed harder before a true altseason.Watch closely👀 pic.twitter.com/5EudWiQkJX— nordin.eth (@nordin_eth) April 17, 2025 What does the Bitcoin dominance metric indicate? Bitcoin dominance is a metric indicating the share of Bitcoin in the overall cryptocurrency market capitalization. When Bitcoin was the only cryptocurrency in the world, it had a 100% share. As soon as other cryptocurrencies began to emerge, Bitcoin’s dominance began to decrease. However, Bitcoin has always been the most expensive crypto, so it took years for the rest of the crypto market to gain a substantial share of the market. 2017 was a transformative year, when the rise of Ethereum-based tokens and especially an ICO boom dragged Bitcoin dominance from 96% down below 40% by 2018. From 2018 to 2020, Bitcoin’s share has been volatile, moving in high amplitude. In the first half of 2021, Bitcoin dominance dropped from 70% to around 40% in the wake of the rise in the DeFi market. The year also saw an NFT market surge, and most NFTs were built on Ethereum and BNB Chain. It may seem that the Bitcoin dominance chart is rather a reflection of the market state, but it is also an indicator used by traders and investors to figure out the market sentiment and correct their trading/investment strategies.  For instance, declining Bitcoin dominance was seen as a crypto rally sign, as in the bull market, traders and investors were eagerly experimenting with altcoins. High Bitcoin dominance was usually seen as a sign of a bear market, a period when crypto investors preferred to stick with the best store of value, Bitcoin, rather than invest in riskier altcoins. However, some experts think that this cycle will change the altcoins’ role in the crypto market. You might also like:CoinW interview: Bitcoin dominance grows as altcoin market struggles How soon is the altcoin season? “Bitcoin, not crypto,” — a motto especially popular among Bitcoin maximalists, is now reflecting a new trend in crypto investment. Scott Melker, a host of the Wolf of All Streets, has referred to a model in which investors eagerly buy both Bitcoin and altcoins as “a washing machine,” in which value is endlessly circulating between Bitcoin and altcoins with gradual inflows of new money.  In an interview with Crypto.news, CoinW CSO Nassar Achkar claims that this cycle is different. Instead of buying the dip to sell high, investors buy Bitcoin whenever they can and never sell it. More than that, fewer people are eager to exchange Bitcoin for altcoins. The idea of Bitcoin as a reserve currency has been boosted by governments and corporations and is spreading among retail investors.  Governments and corporations themselves became massive Bitcoin buyers. They spend millions of dollars to buy bitcoins. These dollars are new for the market, not some gains from the altcoin trading. This new money is staying in Bitcoin, as no one sells it. That’s an outlook that explains the growing Bitcoin dominance. Bitcoin gets pumped with new fiat inflows, while altcoins’ share is slowly fading away. As Melker outlines it, “altcoins are bleeding against BTC because holders are selling to pay bills, not to rotate into Bitcoin.” The Cryptoverse CEO, Benjamin Cowen, noted that the Bitcoin dominance is 69% if we exclude stablecoins. When asked about the altcoin season, he just shared a chart indicating that the altcoin/BTC pairs should decline even more before they bounce back and start growing. I think #ALT / #BTC pairs need to go down before they can go up pic.twitter.com/ULAodEPGp2— Benjamin Cowen (@intocryptoverse) April 16, 2025 Some believe the altseason will be on time. Although the logic of those who say that altcoins will no longer get massive is pretty solid, belief in altcoins is not pointless.  The thing is that we can’t know what will happen with the crypto market in the next couple of years. The new trends like DeFi or NFT booms in the past may accelerate the altcoin market and unleash a new altseason. It depends on new technologies and the mass appeal of those technologies.  It’s not the first time that Bitcoin dominance is on the rise. It was happening in 2018 and the first half of 2019, but then it turned out that altcoins are anything but dead.  Without a doubt, Bitcoin is the word of this season. It doesn’t cast a shadow on a sudden gold price rally. And, who knows, probably in 2028, there will be a new word that will change everything, and Bitcoin dominance will drop below 50% like it did in 2022. You might also like:2025 is no longer about cycles — Bitcoin is reading something else entirely

一名检察官表示，他希望冻结 1.1 亿美元作为对 LIBRA 模因币丑闻调查的一部分，此后不久，模因币市场的整体市值就上涨了 5%。 3 月 6 日，模因币的整体市值接近 6200 万美元，在过去 24 小时的交易中飙升了 5%。在交易量最大的代币中，FARTCOIN（FARTCOIN）上涨近 27%，价格为 0.35 美元，而特朗普官方代币（TRUMP）上涨了 2.3%。TRUMP 目前的交易价格为 13.70 美元。 从官方的特朗普表情包币到阿根廷总统哈维尔·米莱伊支持的 LIBRA 表情包币，一系列“总统表情包币”的下跌导致表情包币市场经历了一次大跌。看来市场正在从崩盘中缓慢复苏。 More recently, an Argentine federal prosecutor Eduardo Taiano told media outlets that he was intent on freezing around $110 million in assets as part of an ongoing investigation into the Argentinian President’s involvement in the collapse of the LIBRA meme coin, according to local media outlet Clarin. 你可能还喜欢：LIBRA 崩盘之际，价值 3900 万美元的 MELANIA 团队代币被解锁 不仅如此，检察官还提交了访问米莱总统已删除的社交媒体帖子的请求，特别是那些表明他涉嫌推广基于 Solana (SOL) 的 memecoin 的帖子。 作为调查的一部分，当局将能够冻结与 meme 币丑闻相关的数字钱包中的资金。链上数据显示，至少有 8 个钱包与 LIBRA 团队有关，在代币最终崩盘之前，这些钱包获利 1.07 亿美元。 最近，450 万美元的资金从其中一个钱包转移到了一个新的数字地址。据报道，这笔钱后来被用来购买 POPE meme 币，这可能表明存在洗钱行为。POPE meme 币目前的交易价格为 0.18 美元。 LIBRA 模因币丑闻是什么？ 这一丑闻被交易员称为“Libragate”，并导致阿根廷人呼吁弹劾总统哈维尔·米莱。事件始于米莱于 2 月 15 日美国东部时间 5:01 在其社交媒体账户上分享了一篇帖子，宣传一种代币，他声称这种代币将通过资助小型项目来帮助促进“阿根廷经济”。 然而，该 memecoin 在推出后不久就崩盘，市值蒸发 44 亿美元，从而影响了整个 meme coin 市场。根据 Nansen 的报告，从 2 月 14 日至 2 月 18 日，约 86% 的 LIBRA 交易者遭受了高达 2.51 亿美元的损失。 阅读更多：SOL 反弹 4.3%，在 LIBRA 崩盘后突破 180 美元

Bubblemaps 的代币 BMT 加密货币在币安首次亮相后上涨了近 30%。就在前一天，该代币创下了历史新高。 根据 CoinGecko 的数据，BubbleMaps 代币在币安上市仅一天后就上涨了 28.8%。不到 24 小时前，该代币上涨近 45%，创下 0.3173 美元的历史新高。 截至发稿时，该代币的交易价格为 0.24 美元，市值为 6200 万美元。与此同时，BMT 加密货币的完全摊薄估值为 2.42 亿美元。 根据官方公告，币安于 3 月 18 日 UTC 时间 15:00 在其平台上上线了 BMT 加密货币，并开通了 BMT 与 USDT (USDT)、USDC (USDC)、BNB (BNB)、FDUSD (FDUSD) 和 TRY 等主要代币的交易对。然而，该加密货币交易所警告用户，考虑到该代币对市场来说还比较新，它将应用种子标签。 BMT 价格图表显示，2025 年 3 月 19 日 BMT 在币安首次亮相后价格逐渐上涨 | 来源：CoinGecko 你可能还喜欢：Bubblemaps 的 BMT 在 Bithumb 今日上市前上涨逾 125% 尽管币安昨天才刚刚在加密货币交易所上市，但它已经在 Bubblemaps 的交易市场上占据了头把交椅，贡献了该代币交易量的最大份额，达到 23.47%。在过去 24 小时内，币安处理了价值高达 1.31 亿美元的 BMT 加密货币。 事实上，Bubblemaps 的交易量在过去 24 小时内飙升了 442.8%，达到 5.62 亿美元。这意味着自币安上市以来，该代币的市场活动显著增加。 BMT 于 3 月 11 日推出，是 Bubblemaps 的原生代币。Bubblemaps 是一个链上分析平台，为用户提供区块链数据可视化，用于代币分析和 NFT 所有权。BMT 是其治理实用代币，允许持有者访问平台上的高级分析功能。 在 Bubblemaps 的 BMT 代币生成活动期间，它获得了压倒性的认购数量，约为 202,990 BNB，比该项目的初始目标高出 13,500％。 阅读更多：Bubblemaps TGE 以 13,500% 的超额认购结束 披露：本文不代表投资建议。本页内容和材料仅供教育之用。

币安合约调整了多个 USDT 保证金和币本位保证金永续合约的杠杆和保证金等级，其中将 TRUMP 合约的杠杆从 25 倍提升至 50 倍。 在最近的通知中，币安期货宣布将调整其部分 USDT (USDT) 保证金和币本位保证金永续合约的保证金等级和杠杆，具体针对 TRUMPUSDT、LITUSDT、DOGSUSDT 和 NEIROETHUSDT。调整将于 2025 年 1 月 22 日 16:00（美国东部时间）开始生效。不过，交易所保证用户当前的仓位不会受到此变化的影响。 TRUMP (TRUMP) 永续合约于 1 月 18 日 13:00 UTC 推出，交易者的最大杠杆为 25 倍。通过新的调整，币安为交易者提供最高 50 倍的杠杆，是之前杠杆的两倍。不过，币安还将其保证金率从 2.00% 降至 1.00%，并将高于该水平的所有其他保证金率下调至少 50% 或更多。 保证金率会根据用户当前的仓位对其产生影响。因此，仓位在 0 到 5,000 之间的用户将使用 1.00% 的保证金进行交易，而不是 2.00%。而仓位较高的用户（从 150 万到 300 万）以前使用 50% 的保证金进行交易，现在将使用 12.50% 的保证金进行交易。 根据 crypto.news 的数据，特朗普官方表情包币在过去 24 小时内上涨了 5% 以上。TRUMP 目前的交易价格为 41.68 美元。 你可能还喜欢：受币安推动，MELANIA 代币价格飙升逾 75% 与 TRUMPUSDT 不同，Litentry 代币基于 USDT 的永续合约的最大杠杆已从 25 倍降至 10 倍。 LITUUSDT 的大部分保证金率保持不变，除了保证金率在 25.00% 范围内的仓位。25.00% 的保证金率过去适用于仓位不超过 550,000 的用户。现在已下调至 520,000 仓位。因此，仓位高于 520,000 但低于或等于 550,000 的用户属于 50.00% 的保证金率范围。 以太坊上基于 USDT 的 First Neiro 永续合约也经历了最大杠杆调整。币安期货已将其杠杆从 25 倍下调至 15 倍。 虽然 NEIROETHUSDT 的大部分保证金率保持不变，但 25.00% 的保证金率现在适用于持仓量在 500,000 至 700,000 之间的用户，而不是 100 万持仓的用户。相反，币安为持仓量在 700,000 以上至 100 万之间的用户增加了 50.00% 的保证金率。 对于 WLD 永续合约，WLDUSD 的最大杠杆已减半，从 20 倍降至 10 倍。尽管如此，WLDUSD 头寸的保证金率保持不变。不过，50.00% 保证金率的最大头寸已从 100 万变为仅 60 万。 币本位保证金的 DOGSUSD 也是如此，似乎保留了其最初的最大杠杆和保证金率。对 DOGSUSD 的唯一调整是 50.00% 保证金率的最大用户持仓量从 30 亿降至 20 亿。 你可能还喜欢：币安期货上线 USDT 永续合约后，DF 飙升 26%