{"id":41675,"date":"2025-08-12T09:16:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=41675"},"modified":"2025-08-12T09:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:16:52","slug":"bitcoin-slipped-below-120k-these-altcoins-crash-harder-market-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=41675","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Slipped Below $120K, These Altcoins Crash Harder: Market Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bitcoin experienced a price decline over the past 24 hours, but remains in green territory on a weekly basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ETH held its ground at around $4,300, but several well-known altcoins plunged by double digits on a daily basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">BTC Couldn\u2019t Keep the Momentum<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The primary cryptocurrency briefly surged past $122,000 on August 11, while its market capitalization reached almost $2.5 trillion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Instead of tapping a new all-time high, though, BTC headed down in the following hours. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At one point, the price slipped below $118,500<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, whereas<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> currently the asset trades just south of $119,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_408223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-408223\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BTC-Price-1.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-408223\" src=\"http:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BTC-Price-1.png\" alt=\"BTC Price\" width=\"760\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BTC-Price-1.png 1498w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BTC-Price-1-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BTC-Price-1-1024x539.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BTC-Price-1-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BTC-Price-1-50x26.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-408223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BTC Price, Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">important<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to note that the coming hours may bring <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">additional<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> volatility for BTC and the broader <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">crypto<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> market.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> The US CPI (Consumer Price Index) report is <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-volatility-4-things-that-could-move-crypto-markets-this-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">scheduled<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> for release today, and expectations are that inflation in the world\u2019s largest economy will mark a slight increase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The data is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve and may <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">affect<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> its decision to cut interest rates next month <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">potentially<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> On the other hand, softer-than-forecast inflation could spark a crypto rally by reviving hopes for easier monetary policy after the next FOMC meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">BTC\u2019s market capitalization has retreated to approximately $2.36 trillion, but it remains the sixth-largest asset in the world. Its dominance against the altcoins slightly increased to around 58.6%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">These Alts Bleed Out Heavily<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In contrast to BTC, Ethereum (ETH) did not take its foot off the gas pedal. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Its price currently stands at over $4,300, representing <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">an impressive<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 45% increase on a monthly <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">scale<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Other altcoins that have posted some gains over the last 24 hours include Bitcoin Cash (BCH), TRON (TRX), and Toncoin (TON).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, those in red territory outnumber the gainers. The price of Story (IP) tumbled by 16%, Bonk (BONK) and Pudgy Penguins (PNGU) plunged by 12% each, whereas Pi Network (PI) declined by 7%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The total crypto market capitalization retreated to $4.04 trillion, representing a 2% decline from yesterday\u2019s figure.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_408225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-408225\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heatmap-1.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-408225\" src=\"http:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heatmap-1.png\" alt=\"Cryptocurrency Market Overview. Source: QuantifyCrypto\" width=\"876\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heatmap-1.png 1868w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heatmap-1-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heatmap-1-1024x468.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heatmap-1-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heatmap-1-1536x701.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heatmap-1-50x23.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-408225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cryptocurrency Market Overview. Source: QuantifyCrypto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-slipped-below-120k-these-altcoins-crash-harder-market-watch\/\">Bitcoin Slipped Below $120K, These Altcoins Crash Harder: 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 experienced a price decline over the past 24 hours, but remains in green territory on a weekly basis.\u00a0 ETH held its ground at around $4,300, but several well-known altcoins plunged by double digits on a daily basis. BTC Couldn\u2019t Keep the Momentum The primary cryptocurrency briefly surged past $122,000 on August 11, while its [&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-41675","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\/41675","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=41675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}