{"id":23114,"date":"2025-04-22T05:31:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T05:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=23114"},"modified":"2025-04-22T05:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T05:31:43","slug":"bitcoin-surges-to-6-week-high-at-89k-as-dominance-hits-4-year-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=23114","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Surges to 6-Week High at $89K as Dominance Hits 4-Year Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bitcoin has continued its upward march this week, tapping a six-week high of $88,900 during Tuesday morning trading in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>It is the highest the asset has been since March 7, according to CoinGecko, and represents a gain of 18% since its 2025 low of $75,000 earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/us-dollar-index-plunges-to-3-year-low-as-gold-hits-ath-btc-tops-87k\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">reported<\/a> by <em>CryptoPotato<\/em>, Bitcoin appears to have re-correlated with gold, which hit an all-time high just below $3,500 per ounce this week as investors flock to safe-haven assets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All the people with gold and bitcoin in their portfolio today while stonks and bonds were down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U64tKPOPcK\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/U64tKPOPcK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LynAldenContact\/status\/1914463904895221978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">April 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Stonks Sinking<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin continues to show signs of decoupling from the broader <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/3-things-that-could-impact-crypto-markets-in-the-week-ahead-2\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">financial market<\/a>, which is \u201cmassively bullish,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Dennis_Porter_\/status\/1914336892528586897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">said<\/a> Satoshi Action Fund founder Dennis Porter.<\/p>\n<p>US stock markets have started the week in the red with daily losses of around 2.5% on the three major indexes, the S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell continued to face off, with the central banker being labelled a \u201cmajor loser\u201d by Trump for failing to reduce interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>The S&amp;P 500 has now erased $2.5 trillion since the April 9 high after the 90-day tariff \u201cpause,\u201d observed the Kobeissi Letter.<\/p>\n<p>On April 20, China warned that countries that cooperate with the US in ways that compromise their interests will be retaliated against.<\/p>\n<p>On April 21, Japan\u2019s Prime Minister said his country won\u2019t keep conceding in US tariff talks. \u201cIf Japan concedes everything, we won\u2019t be able to secure our national interest,\u201d Shigeri Ishiba said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe US is trying to commit economic suicide, and everyone is dumping US assets in response,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/krugermacro\/status\/1914337538707447944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">opined<\/a> economist Alex Kr\u00fcger.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Where are the trade deals?<\/p>\n<p>The S&amp;P 500 has now erased -$2.5 TRILLION since the April 9th high after the 90-day tariff \u201cpause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While markets await trade deals, Japan just said they \u201cwon\u2019t just keep conceding\u201d in US tariff talks.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n<p>(a thread) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gFSoMzrbrA\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/gFSoMzrbrA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KobeissiLetter\/status\/1914329045375865086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">April 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gold and Bitcoin are now aligning for the first time in months, observed the Kobeissi Letter. Since April 7, the yellow metal is up over 15% while BTC has gained more than 18%.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMarkets are pricing in US dollar weakness and more instability,\u201d it said before adding, \u201cBonds are no longer a preferred safe haven.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Bitcoin Dominance Peaks<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin dominance has also reached its highest point for four years, hitting 64.6% on April 22, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTC.D\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">according<\/a> to TradingView. This is the highest it has been since February 2021, as altcoins failed to move and Ethereum continues to weaken.<\/p>\n<p>More than $350 billion has entered crypto markets since the April 7 dip, but the majority of that has gone into Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the altcoins are down on the day, with <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/has-ethereum-turned-itself-around-experts-weigh-in\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Ethereum<\/a> tanking back below $1,600, XRP falling back towards $2, Binance Coin dipping below $600, and Solana weakening to $135.<\/p>\n<p>Altseason is still a very long way away.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-surges-to-6-week-high-at-89k-as-dominance-hits-4-year-peak\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bitcoin Surges to 6-Week High at $89K as Dominance Hits 4-Year Peak<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin has continued its upward march this week, tapping a six-week high of $88,900 during Tuesday morning trading in Asia. It is the highest the asset has been since March 7, according to CoinGecko, and represents a gain of 18% since its 2025 low of $75,000 earlier this month. As reported by CryptoPotato, Bitcoin appears [&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-23114","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\/23114","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=23114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}