Bitcoin Holds Steady While Altcoins Surge Amid US Regulatory Shakeup: Your Crypto Week Unpacked

Regulation whiplash sends altcoins soaring as Bitcoin plays it cool.

Wall Street’s latest love-hate affair with crypto regulation sparks a classic ‘risk-on’ altseason. Meanwhile, Bitcoin—the OG digital gold—keeps its head down, quietly stacking institutional interest while the kids play with their meme coins.

Here’s what moved the needle this week:

• DeFi blue chips rally 20-40% on clearer SEC guidance (or was that just speculative froth?)

• Privacy coins stage comeback after Treasury clarifies travel rule exemptions

• Bitcoin derivatives traders sit tight—open interest flatlines at $24B as spot markets rangebound

And in classic crypto fashion: the market celebrates regulatory ‘clarity’ today that’ll inevitably be reinterpreted as FUD tomorrow. Just another week in digital asset casino—where the house always wins, until it doesn’t.

Market Data

Market Cap: $3.92T | 24H Vol: $154B | BTC Dominance: 58.8%

BTC: $115,977 (+0.5%) | ETH: $3,937 (+9%) | XRP: $3.22 (+6%)

This Week’s Crypto Headlines You Can’t Miss

US President Donald TRUMP has signed an executive order to allow Bitcoin and other digital and alternative assets into US 401(k) retirement plans.

The case between the US Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple Labs, spanning for more than 5 years, is about to end. Both parties have agreed to withdraw their appeals.

Bitcoin miners are holding strong as prices increase by 7.4% from the last difficulty bottom. They are showing no signs of capitulation, despite the ongoing market turmoil.

The co-founder and former CEO of BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, has made yet another massive Bitcoin price prediction, calling for $250,000 because of incoming money printing in the United States.

Tornado Cash developer, Roman Storm, has been found guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. He wasn’t found guilty on the two other counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering and to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and developer Anders Elowsson have introduced EIP-799, which aims to overhaul the network’s fee structure by unifying multiple resource costs under a single maximum fee.

Charts

This week, we have a chart analysis of Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Solana, and Hyperliquid – click here for the complete price analysis.