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Ethereum Comes Within a Hair's Breadth of $1,000

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Sun, 3/01/2021 - 18:07
Ethereum Comes Within a Hair's Breadth of $1,000
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Ethereum reached a new daily high of $978 at 16:26 UTC on the Binance exchange, coming close to four-digit territory it hasn’t touched in almost three years.  

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The cryptocurrency managed to reach its highest level since Feb. 18, 2018.      

Ethereum “flippens” Charles Schwab

With its current market cap of $107 billion, the Ethereum network is bigger than Volkswagen, Dior, and Charles Schwab. 

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The largest altcoin is now close to surpassing its peak market cap of $132 billion that was recorded on Jan. 14, 2018.   

Bitcoin’s dominance plunges

The monstrous uptick has taken a significant toll on Bitcoin’s market dominance that is now sitting just below 70 percent after hitting its highest level since July 2017.

The crypto king is changing hands below $33,000 after touching a new all-time high of $34,800 earlier today.

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Altcoins rally together with Ethereum

Multiple altcoins, such as VeChain (VET) and Dogecoin (DOGE), have also rallied sharply higher, outperforming even Ethereum.    

Even embattled XRP — which was once again flipped by Litecoin earlier today — is finally seeing some love from buyers. 

Monero (XMR) is the only major altcoin that remains in the red. Privacy coins have been under some pressure after U.S.-based Bittrex announced its decision to delist them. While the reason behind the purge hasn’t been specified, it stoked regulatory fears.   

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