Solana Soars 6%, Bitcoin Halted.

Title: Bitcoin Hits New Multi-Month High; Altcoins Show Gains Boosting Crypto Market Cap
Summary: Bitcoin surged to a new multi-month peak of $69,500 but couldn’t reach the coveted $70,000 mark. Meanwhile, some altcoins posted gains helping the total crypto market capitalization approach $2.5 trillion for the first time since July.
Key Facts:
* Bitcoin reached a new three-month high of $69,500 but could not break through to touch $70,000. Its market cap remained above $1.35 trillion with a slight dip in dominance over altcoins at 54.5%.
* Altcoin ApeCoin experienced significant growth with an explosive triple digit daily rise and touching a six-month high of $1.7 before retreating to around $1.5 currently following a major project announcement by its developers. Ethereum also saw an increase of 3%, pushing its value past $2,700 while Bitconnect Hard Fork and Chainlink showed similar price hikes alongside Cardano (ADA). Solana emerged as one of the top performing large cap altcoins today with notable increases among others like Binance Coin (BNB), Uniswap (UNI), Polkadot (DOT), Terra (Luna), and Dogecoin (DOGE). These gains contributed towards raising the overall crypto market capitalization adding approximately $35 billion overnight resulting in it nearing reaching nearly two and half trillion dollars for the first time in almost three months since mid-July 2“.

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