Bitcoin, Ethereum Take A Breather While Dogecoin Spike Pushes Crypto Market Cap Above $2.6 Trillion — Analyst Sees BTC Hitting $80K Before Next Halving

Benzinga

Published Mar 28, 2024 04:23

Updated Mar 28, 2024 05:40

Bitcoin, Ethereum Take A Breather While Dogecoin Spike Pushes Crypto Market Cap Above $2.6 Trillion — Analyst Sees BTC Hitting $80K Before Next Halving

Benzinga - by Mehab Qureshi, Benzinga Staff Writer.

Major cryptocurrencies traded mixed on Wednesday evening as Bitcoin’s momentum slowed and it experienced a small price correction.

Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded 12:00 a.m. EDT)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -1.94% $69,229
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) -3.64% $3,486
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) +5.87% $0.19

What Happened: Over $9.4 billion worth of Bitcoin options are scheduled to expire on the Deribit cryptocurrency exchange on March 29. This indicates a potential maximum pain price of $50,000, according to data shared by Unfolded in a March 27 X post.

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