Crypto News

Bitcoin is back in the driver’s seat, and this time it brought friends. After chopping sideways for days, Bitcoin (BTC) finally punched higher, blasting through its recent range and making a run toward the $94,000–$96,000 resistance zone. Strong inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, cooler inflation data, and a generally friendlier regulatory mood helped push BTC above $96,000 at one point, marking its strongest day in weeks and lifting total crypto market cap to roughly $3.2–$3.3 trillion. But this wasn’t just a Bitcoin-only show. As BTC gathered momentum, traders started rotating into the rest of the market. Privacy coins and older alt names suddenly looked very 2021 again: Dash (DASH) ripped more than 45% in a short squeeze that liquidated crowded shorts, and Monero saw renewed speculative interest as privacy plays outperformed. Zcash (ZEC) caught a quieter but important tailwind too, after the SEC closed a years-long probe into the Zcash Foundation without taking action, sen...