Bitcoin holds near $76,000 as ETH, XRP, DOGE rise

Bitcoin traded sideways on Thursday as crypto markets digested the Federal Reserve's 25 basis points rate hike. 0 5 5182. 83 billion. 2 million.

In the past 24 hours, the top gainers included XRP, Hyperliquid and Pepe. Peter Schiff said Bitcoin failed the 'digital gold' test and that higher yields could hurt BTC. Another note said XRP was up 3% as Ripple added XRP payments to Stripe. A Bitwise executive said the crypto bull market does not depend on the CLARITY Act.

Bitcoin held above $76000 after the Fed hike, while equities fell. 11 billion over 2 days. ' PURR jumped 8% after the SEC approved an 'innovation exemption' for tokenized stock trading. Trader KillaXBT said bitcoin is unlikely to reach $100,000 in 2026, and that re-accumulation and range-bound trading are the likelier path.

He said he expects $100,000 to break next year. Trader Jelle said bitcoin appears to be breaking the traditional four-year cycle, with a shorter and shallower bear market unless BTC makes a new low around October. He added that this would have been the shortest bear market by far and much shallower than usual, though what that means for the next bull run remains unclear. Crypto investor Rekt Capital said bitcoin’s bear market may be running out of time, based on the historical roughly 365-day duration.