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Crypto Market Smashes $3.33T as Bitcoin Nears $104K—Wall Street Starts Paying Attention (Again)

Crypto Market Smashes $3.33T as Bitcoin Nears $104K—Wall Street Starts Paying Attention (Again)

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2025-05-16 16:00:00
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Crypto’s bull run isn’t just back—it’s wearing rocket boots. Bitcoin flirts with $104K while the total market cap punches through $3.33 trillion, leaving traditional assets eating dust.

### The Numbers Don’t Lie (This Time)

BTC’s 30% monthly surge mirrors the 2021 frenzy, but with fewer memecoins and—allegedly—more institutional ’due diligence.’ Meanwhile, ETH and SOL ride the wave, up 22% and 18% respectively.

### Why This Rally Has Teeth

Spot ETF inflows hit $12B this quarter, BlackRock’s BTC holdings now rival MicroStrategy’s, and even Jamie Dimon’s latest anti-crypto rant failed to trigger the usual sell-off. The market’s ignoring traditional finance’s tantrums—for now.

### The Cynic’s Corner

Funny how banks suddenly ’discover’ blockchain’s potential every time ATHs make headlines. Where were these analysts at $16K BTC? (Spoiler: shorting it.)

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The crypto market is witnessing a continuous bullish momentum as seen in the well-known assets’ prices. Overall, the crypto market capitalization has touched $3.33T, indicating a 0.93% daily upsurge. In addition to this, the 24-hour crypto volume has reached the $133.63B mark, showing a 10.95% rise. Simultaneously, the crypto Fear & Greed Index has signified “greed” at 69 points.

$BTC Nears $105K Spot While $ETH Sees 1.03% Price Increase

Bitcoin has seen a strong rally to near the $104K spot, reaching $103,939.38. This highlights a 1.52% price increase over the past twenty-four hours. Additionally, the market dominance of Bitcoin ($BTC) has also jumped to 62% in the meantime. Likewise, ethereum ($ETH) has recorded a 1.03% spike in price to attain the $2,595.04 mark. Along with that, the market dominance of Ethereum has reached 9.4%.

$VSG, $DOGO, and $MOODENG Lead Crypto Gainers of Day

Apart from that, a notable shift has taken place in the case of daily crypto gainers, with Vector Smart Gas ($VSG), DOGO ($DOGO), and Moo Deng ($MOODENG) taking dominant positions. Specifically, $VSG signifies a 1333.82% upsurge at $0.0003491, and $DOGO accounts for a 1086.99% upsurge at $0.000001530. Subsequently, $MOODENG has risen by 568.01% over the past twenty-four hours to reach $0.00001751.

DeFi TVL Drops by 1.13% and NFT Sector Records 23.47% Sales Dip

However, the DeFi sector presents a slight decline in its TVL which has dropped to $115.934B. This points out a 1.13% dip over 24 hours. Within this sector, Lido has recently outcompeted AAVE to get the top position in terms of maximum total value locked. Hence, its TVL stands at $23.512B.

On the other hand, HipPowSwap is the leading DeFi protocol when it comes to TVL growth, with a 20546243% rise. Along with that, the NFT space has also plunged by 23.47% in sales volume, reaching $19,165,026. Even then, the top NFT collection “Courtyard” has made a notable surge of 92.95% in its sales volume.

BlackRock’s $BTC ETF Leads Holdings and Méliuz Becomes Earliest Brazilian Firm to Add $BTC into Treasury

Overall, the crypto market is recording noteworthy developments. Specifically, BlackRock’s popular Bitcoin ($BTC) exchange-traded fund has outcompeted Strategy in the case of $BTC holdings at $64.697B. Moreover, Méliuz has become the earliest company in Brazil to include Bitcoin into its Treasury by purchasing $28.4M in Bitcoin.

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