Worst-Performing Altcoins This Week as BTC Battles to Hold $80K: Weekend Watch

Bitcoin touched $79,100 on Saturday, its lowest level in five weeks, then recovered to $80,900 and hovered around $80,000. The move followed a midweek rally to almost $85,000 that reversed as bearish sentiment prevailed. Most altcoins posted weekly losses: Ethereum was down nearly 4% at $2,330, XRP traded below $1.30, and Solana fell 3% to $101. NEAR, Avalanche and HBAR each lost more than 10%. Bitcoin’s market capitalization was $1.610 trillion and its dominance was 60%, while the total crypto market cap fell below $2.7 trillion after a 0.4% daily decline.