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Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin climbs to highest level in four weeks as altcoins lag
Bitcoin just did what it does best: it reminded everyone who's boss. Climbing to its highest level in four weeks, the king of crypto is flexing its muscles while the altcoin circus lags behind, a scene that plays out like a broken record for those of us who've been here since the beginning.This isn't just a price pump; it's a statement. While the media gets distracted by the latest dog-themed token or some vaporware metaverse project, Bitcoin is quietly executing its core functionâdigital gold asserting its sovereignty in a world of inflationary chaos and regulatory uncertainty.The pattern is classic: institutional money, perhaps sensing the futility of waiting for the Federal Reserve to offer any real relief, starts trickling back into the only asset with a verifiably scarce supply. Spot Bitcoin ETFs, for all the hand-wringing they caused among the cypherpunks, are acting as the on-ramp this cycle, and the flows, while not explosive, are steady.They're buying the asset, not the promise. Meanwhile, the altcoin market looks lethargic, a sea of red and sideways action that exposes the fundamental truth most speculators hate to admit: without Bitcoin leading the charge and providing the liquidity, the entire crypto ecosystem grinds to a halt.Ethereum is stumbling, Solana's network issues are a recurring nightmare, and the so-called 'DeFi summer' feels like a distant memory buried under regulatory overreach and unsustainable yields. This divergence isn't an anomaly; it's the natural order reasserting itself after every bear market purge.The noise gets cleared out, the weak projects fade, and capital consolidates around the one protocol with an immutable monetary policy and a decade-long track record of resilience. Look at the derivatives dataâthe funding rates, the open interestâit's all pointing to a cautious but growing conviction in BTC's trajectory, not a reckless gamble on the next big thing.The talking heads on CNBC will prattle about 'risk-on sentiment,' but they miss the point entirely. This is a flight to quality within a risk asset class.It's a bet on the only network that has proven itself unstoppable, a bet against the endless money printing of central banks, and a stark rejection of the altcoin narrative that technology alone can usurp sound money. The laggards in the altcoin space aren't just underperforming; they're being exposed.Many are securities in disguise, waiting for the SEC's hammer to fall, their communities fragmented and their developers jumping ship to the next trend. Bitcoin doesn't have a CEO, doesn't have a marketing department, and doesn't care about your NFT profile picture.
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