{"id":37294,"date":"2025-07-16T16:03:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=37294"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:03:50","slug":"ether-leads-crypto-market-higher-as-bitcoin-attempts-to-shrug-off-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=37294","title":{"rendered":"Ether Leads Crypto Market Higher as Bitcoin Attempts to Shrug Off Dip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ethereum&#8217;s ether ETH raced ahead on Wednesday, leading the crypto market higher after a modest dip earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>ETH broke above the $3,200 level for the first time since early February, gaining 6.5% over the past 24 hours, CoinDesk data shows. It&#8217;s now ahead a full 22% over the past seven days.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin BTC also bounced back above $119,000 during the early hours of the U.S. session, climbing 2.6%. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/index\/cd20\">CoinDesk 20 index<\/a>, a broad-based benchmark focusing on majors, was up 4.5%.<\/p>\n<p>BTC investors bought this week&#8217;s dip to $116,000 from record highs hand over fist, analytics firm Glassnode <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/glassnode\/status\/1945428948730400930\">noted<\/a>. According to the firm&#8217;s data, market participants &#8220;stepped in aggressively,&#8221; scooping up around 196,600 BTC ($23 billion) between the $116,000 and $118,000 levels.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, strong flows to spot exchange-traded funds and continuous bid from crypto treasury firms are providing a tailwind for ETH.<\/p>\n<p>U.S.-listed spot ETH ETFs booked record inflows over $900 million last week, accounting for 29% of all inflows this year, Anagram partner David Shuttleworth <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mega_Fund\/status\/1945503863349403918\">noted<\/a>. At $450 million with only two days into the week, inflows could surpass $1 billion this week, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sharplink Gaming (SBET) revealed this week it acquired more than 74,000 ETH with $257 million capital remaining for further purchases, while Bitmine Immersion (BMNR) bought over $500 million of the asset.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/07\/16\/is-a-crypto-altcoin-season-here-bitcoin-consolidates-as-alts-take-charge\">Altcoin Season Returns? Bitcoin Consolidates With ETH, SUI, SEI Among Those Taking Charge<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum&#8217;s ether ETH raced ahead on Wednesday, leading the crypto market higher after a modest dip earlier this week. ETH broke above the $3,200 level for the first time since early February, gaining 6.5% over the past 24 hours, CoinDesk data shows. It&#8217;s now ahead a full 22% over the past seven days. Bitcoin BTC [&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-37294","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\/37294","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=37294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}