ZEC is in one corner, while POL is in the other.
Bitcoin’s weekend price stagnation continues as the asset failed to break out even slightly from the tight $90,000-$91,000 range.
Most larger-cap alternative assets also remained sluggish, with only a few impressive price rises in the past 24 hours – XMR and RAIN.
BTC stagnates at $90.5k
Bitcoin entered 2026 after a controversial 2025 that actually ended in the red. It quickly began to regain value and surpassed $90,000 on the second day of the new year. Even geopolitical tensions between the United States and Venezuela could not sustain it for long, and BTC remained above this key level last weekend.
Bulls went on the offensive even more on Monday and Tuesday, pushing the cryptocurrency to a new multi-week high of just under $95,000. However, after gaining around $7,000 in just a few days, BTC was on the verge of a correction, which happened almost immediately.
In just 36 hours, bitcoin slipped five thousand dollars and fell below $89,500. It responded well to this drop and quickly rebounded to over $90,000, where it has been holding since Friday, when it was rejected at $92,000. The last 24 hours have been rather boring, as BTC has been trading at around $90,500 without any gaps.
This means its market cap remains stable at $1.810 trillion, while its altcoin dominance is just under 57%.
Weekly winners and losers
As mentioned above, RAIN and XMR are the only notable price increases over the past 24 hours. As such, we will mainly focus on weekly performances. Interestingly, both assets are also on this list, having jumped double digits to $493 (XMR) and $0.009 (RAIN).
POL has stolen the show since last Sunday, climbing 44% to $0.17. SUI and TAO also saw notable gains. On the other hand, ZEC and CC plunged by double digits, followed by DOGE, MNT, UNI and HBAR.
The total crypto market capitalization remained at around $3.180 trillion on CG, which is essentially the same level as yesterday.
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