Bitcoin failed at over $23,000 and dipped by several hundred dollars, currently trading below that level.
Most altcoins have retraced hard in the past 24 hours, including the recent high-flyers – Cardano, Solana, Polygon, and others.
Bitcoin Dips Below $23K
Bitcoin broke above its $17,000 nemesis at the start of the second week of the new year and hasn’t looked back. The breakout led to more bullish sentiment, and the asset skyrocketed to over $20,000 by the end of that same week.
The following one was quite positive as well, with BTC surging to $23,000 by the end of it. This resulted in charting a multi-month high during the weekend at over $23,300. More precisely, this was BTC’s highest price tag since mid-September.
The cryptocurrency spent the next few days sitting around that level. The past 24 hours, though, have brought some pain for the bulls as BTC slipped to $22,400. It has recovered some ground as of now, but it’s still below $23,000. This decline comes amid reports that short-term investors have taken some profits.
Its market cap is still below $440 billion, while its dominance over the alts has gone up to 42.6%.
SOL, ADA, MATIC Drop Hard
The altcoins are well in the green in the past…
