{"id":136169,"date":"2026-08-25T09:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=136169"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:50:17","slug":"bitcoin-dominance-on-the-rise-again-as-btc-tapped-15-week-peak-above-81k-market-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=136169","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Dominance on the Rise Again as BTC Tapped 15-Week Peak Above $81K: Market Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s price initiated another leg up in the past several hours, blasting past $80,000 and $81,000 for the first time since the middle of May.<\/p>\n<p>BTC even outperformed many larger-cap altcoins, which resulted in an uptick in its dominance over the market.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Exceeded $81K<\/h2>\n<p>It was just a week ago when we were wondering what would be the new (old) thing that we could write about the crypto market, as bitcoin had stalled below $65,000 for a long, long time. However, Wednesday afternoon changed the trend. Whether it was the US Treasury Department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/why-did-the-bitcoin-price-suddenly-spike-toward-70k\/\">announcement<\/a>, the White House Crypto Summit, or <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/institutional-demand-is-back-bitcoin-and-ethereum-etf-inflows-reached-10-month-high\/\">something else<\/a>, BTC exploded out of the gate with force.<\/p>\n<p>It went to $70,000 within a few hours, dipped back to $68,000, and then skyrocketed once again to $75,000 by Thursday. The bulls took it a step further on Friday, helping BTC climb to almost $80,000 for the first time since mid-May.<\/p>\n<p>After gaining $15,000 in days, the asset was <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoins-80k-rally-is-a-trap-analyst-warns-of-45k-drop\/\">due for a correction<\/a>, which took place during the weekend with a price slip to $75,500. Nevertheless, the bull returned in full force at the start of the new business week, pushing bitcoin to over $81,000 earlier today to mark a 15-week peak.<\/p>\n<p>It was stopped there and now sits inches below $80,000, but its market cap has risen to $1.6 trillion. Its dominance over the alts has rocketed to 58% on CG and to almost 60% on CMC after its latest run.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1446711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1446711\" style=\"width: 1835px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1446711 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25.png\" alt=\"BTCUSD August 25. Source: TradingView\" width=\"1835\" height=\"917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25.png 1835w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-90x45.png 90w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-1600x800.png 1600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-1400x700.png 1400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-1200x600.png 1200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-1000x500.png 1000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-900x450.png 900w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-800x400.png 800w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-700x350.png 700w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-600x300.png 600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-400x200.png 400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-200x100.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BTCUSD-August-25-100x50.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1835px) 100vw, 1835px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1446711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BTCUSD August 25. Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>SOL Touches $100<\/h2>\n<p>Solana\u2019s native token is the top performer among the larger-cap alts today, surging by 7% to over $100 for the first time in months. HYPE has neared its all-time high of $83, marked a few days ago, once again, as it now sits close to $82. ZEC has surpassed DOGE as the 10th-largest cryptocurrency by market cap.<\/p>\n<p>XMR and RAIN are the other top performers from this cohort of assets, while MORPHO, AAVE, and LTC have dropped the most. Meanwhile, ETH remains inches below $2,500, XRP is <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/the-real-reason-xrp-is-stuck-analyst-blames-massive-trading-walls-on-coinbase\/\">stuck<\/a> at $1.50, and BNB is back above $700.<\/p>\n<p>The total crypto market cap has added nearly $100 billion since yesterday and is up to $2.770 trillion on CG.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1446713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1446713\" style=\"width: 1883px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1446713 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959.png\" alt=\"Cryptocurrency Market Overview August 25. Source: QuantifyCrypto\" width=\"1883\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959.png 1883w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-1024x450.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-1536x675.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-90x40.png 90w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-150x66.png 150w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-1600x704.png 1600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-1400x616.png 1400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-1200x528.png 1200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-1000x440.png 1000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-900x396.png 900w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-800x352.png 800w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-700x308.png 700w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-600x264.png 600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-500x220.png 500w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-400x176.png 400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-200x88.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-123959-100x44.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1883px) 100vw, 1883px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1446713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cryptocurrency Market Overview August 25. Source: QuantifyCrypto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-dominance-on-the-rise-again-as-btc-tapped-15-week-peak-above-81k-market-watch\/\">Bitcoin Dominance on the Rise Again as BTC Tapped 15-Week Peak Above $81K: Market Watch<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin\u2019s price initiated another leg up in the past several hours, blasting past $80,000 and $81,000 for the first time since the middle of May. BTC even outperformed many larger-cap altcoins, which resulted in an uptick in its dominance over the market. Bitcoin Exceeded $81K It was just a week ago when we were wondering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-136169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}