Fear and volatility remain the theme of the week as Bitcoin (BTC) continues to face stiff resistance near the $42,000 price level and stock markets were also hard hit on Jan. 18. Investor fear over this year's proposed rate hikes continue to apply bearish pressure and at the closing bell the DOW was down 530 points, or 1.4%.
Despite the downturn, altcoins managed to overcome the noise and several posted double-digit gains on Tuesday.