Cryptocurrency Market Capitalization Experiences Surge with Bitcoin Breaking $28K

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Cryptocurrency market capitalization surged on Sunday afternoon as Bitcoin (BTC) rose to an all-time high of $28,422 per unit. The leading crypto asset has increased by nearly 38% against the US Dollar since last Sunday and its market capitalization has swelled to $546 billion.

Global Cryptocurrency Market Valuation Experiences 1.11% Increase and Bitcoin Dominance Remains Above 45%

Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $28,422 per unit at just before 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 19th. At the time of writing, BTC is trading just above $28,300, having meandered just below that level at $27,925. Bitcoin has gained more than 37% in the last seven days and over 3.5% in the last 24 hours.

At the time of writing, the global trade volume of all digital assets was $203 billion and bitcoin accounted for $42.9 billion of that. Bitcoin’s market capitalization is now $546 billion, and it still has some way to go to overtake Tesla’s market cap of $569.94 billion and become the tenth-largest asset.

The global cryptocurrency market valuation was $1.18 trillion on Sunday, a 1.11% increase over the past day. Notable to mention is that the second-largest crypto asset by market cap, ethereum (ETH), jumped 1.7% higher over the past day and 24.3% over the past week.

Out of the $1.18 trillion in value, bitcoin’s dominance on Sunday is 45.7%, while ethereum’s is 18.8%. Bitcoin’s top ten trading pairs on Sunday include Tether (USDT), BUSD, USD, KRW, EUR, JPY, USDC, TRY, GBP, and CHF. Additionally, in South Korea there is a small ‘Kimchi premium’, with bitcoin trading for $200 more per unit than most crypto exchanges abroad.

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