Bitcoin and Altcoins Rally Pushing Crypto Market Above $1.02T, Will The Bounce Sustain? • The Beacon Bolt

Altcoins led by Ethereum have been the major contributors to the price rally. On the other hand, Bitcoin faces a strong resistance at its 200-week moving average.

Crypto investors are rejoicing as the broader crypto market has surged past $1.02 trillion with Bitcoin and altcoins delivering a strong show over the last week. Bitcoin (BTC) gained 10% on the weekly charts and is currently trading above $22,000.

On the other hand, Ethereum has been leading the altcoin pack gaining more than 40% on the weekly charts. With this, ETH is currently trading at a price above $1,500. Altcoins, led by ETH have been major contributors taking the crypto market above $1 trillion. The ETH price rallied as developers announced that The Merge upgrade on the Ethereum mainnet shall arrive by mid-September.

Along with ETH, some other top altcoins have also witnessed a strong rally. Ethereum Layer-2 scalability platform Polygon has seen its native cryptocurrency MATIC shooting 60% over the last week. As of now, Polygon’s MATIC is currently trading at $0.92 with a market cap of $7.3 billion.

The MATIC price has been shooting over the last week as Disney picks Polygon for its Accelerator Program. Although Disney hasn’t unveiled the exact role for Polygon, the company will focus on new developments in the AR, NFT, and AI space.

Along with MATIC, other Ethereum Layer-1 competitors performed well last week. Solana (SOL) gained 30% while Avalanche (AVAX) gained more than 35%.

Interestingly, the crypto market has been gaining despite the uncertain macro environment. Last week, The US reported its June inflation numbers to be above 9%. Ahead this month, the Federal Reserve is likely to announce a 75 basis points rate hike.

Will the Bitcoin and Altcoins Market Rally Sustain?

Now, the bigger question for investors is where will Bitcoin and the market head from here onwards. BTC has been facing several rejections around its 200-week moving average i.e. 22,300 levels. Even now Bitcoin is just trading under this level. Thus, investors can see a fat breakout above or a fat breakdown.