Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Gains Remain Intact Going Into Fresh Trading Week — Analyst Says King Crypto 'Consolidating' At $52K Ahead Of 'Broader Correction'

Major coins were seen trading in the green on Sunday night. At the time of publishing, the global cryptocurrency market cap rose 0.9% to $1.96 trillion over the previous day.

The Cryptocurrency Fear & Greed Index flashed "Greed" ahead of a fresh trading week. The measure, a reflection of investor sentiment, has remained unchanged since last week.

Bitcoin's market capitalization is now above the psychologically important $1 trillion mark as it trades over the $52,000 level. The apex cryptocurrency having gained 23% since 2024 began. 

Bitcoin dominance stood above 52% at the time of publishing and has remained steady over seven days. Dominance is used to measure the comparative market share of the largest cryptocurrency in the overall market.

Bitcoin Dominance since 2014, Courtesy CoinMarketCap

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Analyst Takes

Cryptocurrency trader Michaël van de Poppe noted in a post on Sunday that Bitcoin is "consolidating" at $52,000 and the upside looks "relatively capped" for it. 

"My overall thesis is a continuation to $54-58K and then consolidation & broader correction."

The Amsterdam-based trader sees a "strong weekly candle" for both Bitcoin and Ethereum. He said it is "very likely" that rotation has started. He said while King Crypto was close to "peaking out", DeFi and DePin are going to "outperform significantly" and other ecosystems are "starting to do well."

Cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez noted that miners have "capitalized" on the surge in Bitcoin price surge by selling nearly 6,329 BTC valued at $307 million.

In another post on X, formerly Twitter, Martinez said that if Bitcoin fails to quickly reclaim the $52,000 level it might "face an 8% correction" with the price dropping between $48,000 and $46,500.

Meanwhile, over the weekend, market analytics platform Santiment said that Bitcoin ETF trading volume has been "thriving" once again in mid-February.  These ETFs have been averaging over $1.8 billion in volume per day through the first 15 days of the month.

"Over $1.8B of trading volume per day is occurring between the 7 most notable [ETFs] (GBTC, IBIT, FBTC, ARKB, BTCO, BITB, HODL). Particularly as $BTC crossed above $50K earlier."

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