In what is expected to be a highly volatile second part of the week, bitcoin’s price dipped to $77,600 yesterday after it was rejected at over $80,000 on Monday before it rebounded to $79,000 as of now.

Most larger-cap alts are also in the green today, with ETH trading above $2,500 and XRP defending the key support level at $1.40.

BTC Back to $79K

Bitcoin had a relatively sluggish previous week, during which it traded between $77,000 and $79,000. However, it briefly dipped below the lower boundary before the bulls stepped up on Thursday and initiated a massive leg up. The culmination took place on Friday morning when BTC topped $82,000 for the first time since mid-May.

Although it failed there, the subsequent retracement wasn’t too violent, and BTC maintained $81,000 for the next several hours. However, the stronger-than-expected US jobs report that came out on Friday afternoon resulted in a major leg down, driving bitcoin to under $79,000 by the end of the day.

The cryptocurrency rebounded over the weekend and remained close to $79,000. It tried to take down the $80,000 resistance on Monday morning, but it was quickly rejected. It first dipped to $78,800 before the bears drove it to the aforementioned $76,400. Nevertheless, it reacted well to this leg down and has jumped to over $79,000 as of press time.

Bitcoin’s market cap has risen to $1.590 trillion on CMC, while its dominance over the alts is up to 58.8%.

XRP Defends $1.40

Ethereum is up by over 1% in the past 24 hours and sits above $2,500 once again. SOL has maintained the $100 support, while HYPE hit another all-time high in the past 24 hours, this time close to $90. Ripple’s XRP slipped below the crucial $1.40 support yesterday. However, the bulls have defended that level after a 3.5% increase to $1.44.

ZEC continues its major rally, pumping by almost 10% daily to $1,240. Even more impressive gains are evident from DOT, ATOM, and LIT. VVV’s gains, though, stand in a league of their own. The token is up by over 50% daily and now trades at $29.

The total crypto market cap is up by 0.54% daily on CMC to $2.690 trillion.

Source: CryptoPotato