{"id":93245,"date":"2026-05-18T09:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=93245"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:33:13","slug":"hype-defies-altcoin-crash-as-btc-dips-below-77k-market-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=93245","title":{"rendered":"HYPE Defies Altcoin Crash as BTC Dips Below $77K: Market Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bitcoin\u2019s troubles only intensified as the legacy financial markets started to open during the night, with the asset dipping to a new multi-week low of under $77,000.<\/p>\n

Most altcoins have followed suit with painful declines from ETH, DOGE, and especially BCH. On the contrary, HYPE and ZEC have defied the crash.<\/p>\n

BTC Below $77K<\/h2>\n

The previous business week was significantly more bullish for the primary cryptocurrency. It began with some volatility on Sunday that included a dip below $80,400, but it quickly rebounded and gained $2,000 in minutes. Although it was stopped there at first, BTC returned to the $82,000 level on Tuesday, only to be halted once again.<\/p>\n

This correction was more painful and pushed it south to under $79,000 on Wednesday. The bulls took the upper hand on Thursday after the CLARITY Act passed<\/a> the US Senate Banking Committee, and bitcoin returned to $82,000. However, this turned out to be another fakeout, and the subsequent rejections have been quite brutal.<\/p>\n

The asset fell<\/a> to under $80,000 by Saturday and down to $78,000 on Sunday. After spending 24 hours fighting to stay above that support, it gave in on Monday morning after Trump\u2019s latest threats against Iran<\/a>. Bitcoin dropped to $76,500 for the first time in roughly three weeks, and currently stands below $77,000.<\/p>\n

Its market capitalization is down to $1.540 trillion on CG, while its dominance over the alts remains above 58%.<\/p>\n

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BTCUSD May 18. Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

HYPE Up, Most Down<\/h2>\n

Ethereum is close to breaking below $2,100 after another 3% drop on a daily scale. BNB is down to $640 after a 2% decline, while XRP is under $1.40 following a similar dip. DOGE has plunged by over 5% daily, while BCH has plummeted by more than 11% and now struggles at $365.<\/p>\n

With most other alts in the red, there are two evident exceptions \u2013 HYPE and ZEC. The former has soared past $45, while the latter stands at around $530. Pi Network\u2019s native token continues to dig new local lows, dumping<\/a> below $0.15 earlier today.<\/p>\n

The total crypto market cap has shed another $50 billion and is down to $2.630 trillion as of press time.<\/p>\n

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Cryptocurrency Market Overview May 18. Source: QuantifyCrypto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Bitcoin\u2019s troubles only intensified as the legacy financial markets started to open during the night, with the asset dipping to a new multi-week low of under $77,000. Most altcoins have followed suit with painful declines from ETH, DOGE, and especially BCH. On the contrary, HYPE and ZEC have defied the crash. BTC Below $77K The […]<\/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-93245","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\/93245","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=93245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}