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What’s Behind Bitcoin’s Skyrocketing Dominance?

Published 06/26/2019, 12:05 PM
Updated 06/26/2019, 01:21 PM
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Over the past few months, the entire cryptocurrency market experienced a large cash injection of over $200 billion, putting it in a solid bull run that’s ongoing.

Less spoken about, but perhaps more interesting, is the fact that Bitcoin itself has risen to a level of dominance that hasn’t been seen since early December 2017, sitting comfortably at 61.7%.

The chart above, provided by CoinMarketCap, shows just how Bitcoin’s reign was beginning to be pushed aside by other entrants into the cryptocurrency space, only to experience a resurgence that solidifies its throne in the vast crypto empire.

But what could be causing this?

A quick look at adoption


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