Bitcoin market dominance rises to 60%, with small-cap and DeFi tokens under pressure
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The report said that Bitcoin market dominance rose to 60%, while Bitcoin also fell below 82000 USD, and indexes tracking multiple categories of small-cap tokens declined.
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Analysis: Bitcoin market dominance rises to its highest level since May, altcoins remain under pressure as the market awaits new catalysts
PANews October 22 reported, according to CoinDesk, that Bitcoin market dominance rose on Wednesday to 60%, reaching its highest level since May this year, and remained near that level, reflecting investors' greater preference for holding Bitcoin than altcoins. Meanwhile, Bitcoin fell below 82000 USD on Thursday, surrendering gains from its brief breakout above 84000 USD the previous day. Small-cap tokens posted more pronounced declines, with the CoinDesk Memecoin Index falling more than 5%, and the Computing Select Index declining 3.5%，DeFi Select Index declining 2.5%。LMAX Group market strategist Joel Kruger said that the crypto market's previous outperformance versus other assets has shifted to a closer correlation with equity market movements...
PANews, citing a CoinDesk report, said that Bitcoin market dominance rose to 60%, reaching its highest level since May and remaining near that level.
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The report said that Bitcoin fell below 82000 USD, giving back gains from its brief move above 84000 USD the previous day.
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The CoinDesk Memecoin Index fell more than 5%。
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The Computing Select Index fell 3.5%。
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DeFi Select Index fell 2.5%。
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LMAX Group market strategist Joel Kruger said that the crypto market's prior outperformance versus other assets has shifted toward moving more closely in line with the stock market, but the original quotation is truncated here.
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Market dominance represents Bitcoin's relative share of the crypto market. The rise in dominance in the report indicates that investors favored Bitcoin over altcoins, but does not mean Bitcoin's price rose: the same report also said it fell below 82000 USD. The declines in several category indexes show that memecoin, computing, and DeFi-related tokens were under more pronounced downward pressure at the time.
Why it matters to readers
These data indicate that market capital was relatively tilted toward Bitcoin, while some altcoin sectors performed more weakly. For market participants, Bitcoin's price and market dominance should be considered separately.
Beginners should note that “rising Bitcoin market dominance” and “rising Bitcoin price” are not the same thing; in the report, they were reflected respectively by dominance rising to 60%and the price falling below 82000 USD. Declines in category indexes also do not mean that every token within them fell by the same amount.
Risks and unknowns
The evidence text is PANews' secondary account of a CoinDesk report.
The body text is truncated midway through Joel Kruger's statement, so his full view cannot be confirmed.
The evidence does not provide the measurement period, methodology, or specific constituents of each index.
The headline says the market is awaiting new catalysts, but the excerpted body text does not provide the full basis for that assessment.
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