Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Dominance of Ethereum in the cryptocurrency market reaches 21%

Ethereum

Ethereum, the world’s second-largest digital currency, saw a solid bullish rally on Friday later ETH moved the price level of $3,980, the peak level since May 2021. Ethereum is presently looking at its all-time high of $4,170.

The overall market cap of ETH soared upstairs $460 billion on Friday

As per Coinmarketcap, the newest rally in ETH is triggering a sharp flow in the total crypto market supremacy of ETH. The digital asset currently accounts for around 21% of the overall crypto market cap.

Instead, Bitcoin saw a decrease in its total share of the crypto market as BTC’s supremacy touched 41%. Ethereum is now up by further than 25% in the previous seven days. The overall market cap of ETH was greater than before by more than $100 billion this week.

Market Analyst at eToro, Simon Peters, said,

“ETH is surging today and looks close to breaching the $4,000 level. This rally takes it closer to ETH’s all-time high of $4,177 set in mid-May this year. Often, other than general market sentiment, it can be hard to identify why a particular asset is rising in value, as momentum can carry values higher. But in the case of ether (ETH) right now, a number of factors are creating significant upward pressure on the price of the coin. Firstly, the number of transactions happening on the Ethereum network is increasing again, but perhaps more significantly the gas being used on the network is near all-time highs,”

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China crypto crackdown wipes $400 billion off market, BTC slides

Cryptocurrency

China’s renewed crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry has wiped off around $400 billion in value from the total digital currency market since Friday when a major bitcoin mining hub ordered miners to shut down operations.

Bitcoin was down by more than 8% in the last 24 hours, at $29,791, at around 8:40 a.m. ET on Tuesday. It broke below $30,000 for the first time since Jan. 27, according to CoinDesk data. Other cryptocurrencies including ether and XRP were also sharply lower.

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Over the past few days, China has stepped up its efforts to rein in the country’s cryptocurrency industry.

Mining ban, PBOC warning

Authorities in China’s Sichuan province ordered cryptocurrency miners to shut down their operations, according to multiple media reports. Sichuan is one of the biggest bitcoin mining centers in China.

Many bitcoin mines in the southwestern Chinese province were closed as of Sunday, according to state-backed tabloid the Global Times.

These are not new rules, but the PBOC’s comments show how China’s top regulators are stepping up monitoring financial institutions related to cryptocurrencies.

China banned local cryptocurrency exchanges in 2017 forcing them to move offshore. That did not stop Chinese traders from buying and selling digital coins, though it added a layer of complexity to crypto trading.

Chinese traders would have to move their Chinese yuan to a platform to buy crypto. That would be done via e-payments service like Alipay or a bank account. So the PBOC’s latest reminder to financial institutions could be looking to stamp this out further.

Since Friday, when the Sichuan authorities notified miners to shut down operations, bitcoin is down around 16%. The central bank notice added further pressure.

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