{"id":83989,"date":"2026-04-21T09:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=83989"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:03:13","slug":"bitcoin-btc-reclaims-76k-as-stellar-xlm-jumps-by-7-market-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=83989","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin (BTC) Reclaims $76K as Stellar (XLM) Jumps by 7%: Market Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The cryptocurrency market saw a renewed uptick over the past 24 hours, with many leading digital assets flashing in green.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (BTC) soared past $76,000, while popular altcoins such as Stellar (XLM), Toncoin (TON), and others ranked as the top daily performers.<\/p>\n<h2>BTC Heads North Again<\/h2>\n<p>The leading cryptocurrency has experienced heightened volatility over the past several days, driven mainly by geopolitical tensions and uncertainty in the Middle East. Towards the end of the last business week, its price climbed to nearly $78,000 after US President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-soars-oil-plunges-as-trump-declares-strait-of-hormuz-open\/\">announced<\/a> that the Strait of Hormuz was open, while later he <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-price-soared-past-78k-as-trump-says-iran-agreed-to-halt-nuclear-program\/\">argued<\/a>\u00a0that Iran had agreed to halt its nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Asian country denied those claims, which, combined with the renewed attacks in the region, caused BTC to drop below $74,000 on Monday (April 20).<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 24 hours, though, the asset started pumping again and currently trades at around $76,400 (per CoinGecko\u2019s data). This represents a 2% daily increase and a significant 11% rise over two weeks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1435036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1435036\" style=\"width: 837px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1435036 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2.png\" alt=\"BTC Price\" width=\"837\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2.png 837w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2-90x64.png 90w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2-126x90.png 126w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2-800x572.png 800w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2-700x500.png 700w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2-600x429.png 600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2-500x357.png 500w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2-400x286.png 400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2-200x143.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTC-Price-2-100x71.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1435036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BTC Price, Source: CoinGecko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is important to note that its resurgence happened shortly after Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/strategy-makes-biggest-bitcoin-purchase-in-years-as-total-stash-exceeds-815000-btc\/\">announced<\/a> its latest major crypto purchase. The company, founded by Michael Saylor, scooped up 34,164 BTC for more than $2.5 billion and now holds a total of 815,061 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>Following the coin\u2019s latest revival, its market capitalization has spiked above $1.5 trillion, while its dominance over the altcoins stands at roughly 57.4%.<\/p>\n<h2>XLM Leads the Altcoin Recovery<\/h2>\n<p>The altcoins have followed BTC\u2019s footsteps, and many of them have posted much more impressive gains over the last 24 hours. The top performer is Stellar (XLM), whose valuation jumped by 7% to reach a monthly peak of $0.18.<\/p>\n<p>Toncoin (TOM), Mantle (MNT), and MemeCore (M) have also registered solid increases of around 5-6%, while the well-known alts such as Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and Solana (SOL) are up a mere 1-2% for the day. Rain (RAIN), DeXe (DEXE), and Pi Network (PI) stand on the opposite side, with losses of around 2-5%.<\/p>\n<p>The total cryptocurrency market capitalization has risen by 2% in the last day to around $2.6 trillion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1435037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1435037\" style=\"width: 1858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1435037 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap.png\" alt=\"Cryptocurrency Market Overview April 21; Source: QuantifyCrypto\" width=\"1858\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap.png 1858w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-1024x450.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-1536x675.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-90x40.png 90w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-150x66.png 150w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-1600x703.png 1600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-1400x615.png 1400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-1200x527.png 1200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-1000x439.png 1000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-900x395.png 900w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-800x351.png 800w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-700x307.png 700w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-600x264.png 600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-500x220.png 500w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-400x176.png 400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-200x88.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heatmap-100x44.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1858px) 100vw, 1858px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1435037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cryptocurrency Market Overview April 21; Source: QuantifyCrypto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-btc-reclaims-76k-as-stellar-xlm-jumps-by-7-market-watch\/\">Bitcoin (BTC) Reclaims $76K as Stellar (XLM) Jumps by 7%: Market Watch<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency market saw a renewed uptick over the past 24 hours, with many leading digital assets flashing in green. Bitcoin (BTC) soared past $76,000, while popular altcoins such as Stellar (XLM), Toncoin (TON), and others ranked as the top daily performers. BTC Heads North Again The leading cryptocurrency has experienced heightened volatility over the [&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-83989","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\/83989","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=83989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}