Bitcoin Hits Highest Point Since January, Altcoins Stay Green

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The crypto market hasn’t seen a major upturn, but its mild and gradual rise was enough to push Bitcoin above $81,000 and keep the majority of altcoins green. The minor rally is currently supported by crypto-specific factors, such as positive ETF flows and new products announced.

Bitcoin reaches a multi-month high

Bitcoin increased by 0.8% over the past 24 hours. On Wednesday morning (8:20 UTC), the coin stands at $81,542. It’s been quite a choppy trading day for the world’s number one coin, moving between the intraday low of $80,538 and its intraday high of $81,698.

Notably, while it did dip below $81,000, BTC is holding the $80,000 level, which could provide it a base for a leg up, even if a brief one. Moreover, the day’s high was also the highest point the price hit since January 2026.

There were no significant macro or geopolitical catalysts for this mini rally, but the market was influenced by internal factors. One of the key elements is the growing ETF inflows. Bitcoin spot ETFs are posting consecutive and high daily positive flows, but also weekly and monthly flows.

Moreover, CME Group announced on Tuesday that it would launch Bitcoin volatility futures contracts to expand its digital asset suite. “These first-of-their-kind regulated futures contracts will allow investors to more precisely manage their market and portfolio positions by isolating their volatility risks from price direction,” the announcement said.

Altcoins drift within the green zone

The global crypto market cap currently stands at $2.78 trillion, up by 0.9% since this time on Tuesday. Notably, while the increases are small, they’ve been largely consistent over the past couple of weeks.

Looking at the top 10 coins, we find all but one in green. Interestingly, that one red coin is Ethereum (ETH), but its decrease is so low that the price is practically unchanged. It fell only 0.2%, now trading at $2,376.

The category’s winners are Dogecoin (DOGE) and Solana (SOL), both of which appreciated by more than 3%. DOGE is up 3.9% to $0.1159, while SOL rose 3.5% to $87.

Of the top 100 coins by market cap, 80 have appreciated in 24 hours, led by SkyAI (SKYAI). The coin jumped nearly 40% in a day to the price of $0.7743. Zcash (ZEC) is right behind it, also at just below 40%, changing hands at $591. Four other coins posted double-digit gains.

On the other hand, MemeCore (M) fell the most: 5.9% to $3,54. Sky, Just, Canton, and Rain are down between 1.1% and 1.9% per coin, while the rest dropped by less than 0.5% each.