Bitcoin reaches 50% market dominance for first time in 2 years

Bitcoin (BTC) dominance, the measure of how a lot Bitcoin makes up of the entire crypto market cap, has breached the 50% mark.

On June 19 at 6 pm UTC, Bitcoin dominance hit simply above 50% and has since settled to 49.9% on the time of publication, according to information from TradingView.

Which means Bitcoin alone accounts for half of crypto’s complete $1.1 trillion greenback market capitalization. Bitcoin’s present market capitalization stands at $519 billion, according to information from Coingecko.

Notably, Bitcoin’s market dominance has surged by greater than 10.5% since Nov. 27, 2022, a rise pushed largely by buyers trying to the flagship crypto asset as a protected haven within the wake of the FTX crisis and amid mounting regulatory scrutiny of crypto belongings in the USA.

Whereas Bitcoin dominance elevated considerably during the last eight months, Ether’s (ETH) market dominance has been holding regular across the 20% mark for the higher a part of a 12 months. At the moment, the mixed worth of Bitcoin and Ether now accounts for roughly 70% of the complete crypto market.

MicroStrategy co-founder and outspoken Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor believes that Bitcoin’s market dominance will prime 80% within the coming years, as rising regulatory strain from the Securities and Alternate Fee causes stablecoins and the majority of other crypto assets to “go away.”

Regulatory readability goes to drive #Bitcoin adoption by eliminating the confusion & anxiousness that has been holding again institutional buyers. Bitcoin dominance will proceed to develop because the #Crypto trade rationalizes round $BTC and goes mainstream. pic.twitter.com/Foq4lpderj

— Michael Saylor⚡️ (@saylor) June 13, 2023

“All the trade is destined to be rationalized all the way down to a Bitcoin-focused trade, with perhaps half a dozen to a dozen different Proof of Work tokens.”

Moreover, Saylor blamed the dearth of any “mega institutional cash” coming into the crypto house on the “confusion and anxiousness” introduced in regards to the by the 25,000 different cryptocurrencies which have positioned themselves as options to Bitcoin.

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“Bitcoin is the universally, globally-acknowledged digital commodity on this trade,” Saylor added, making a nod to the truth that Bitcoin is the one cryptocurrency SEC Chair Gary Gensler has labeled a commodity. The SEC has now declared a total of 68 cryptocurrencies to be securities.

Bitcoin is at the moment altering arms for $26,746 a rise of 1.5% within the final 24 hours, according to information from Cointelegraph Worth Index. The worth of Bitcoin has grown greater than 3% over the course of the final week regardless of “worry” within the crypto market reaching its highest point in three months.

Crypto analysis agency Santiment additionally points to funding colossus Blackrock’s submitting for a Bitcoin spot ETF as one of many main drivers of Bitcoin’s upwards worth motion over the previous couple of days.

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