🚀 Bitcoin Defies Gravity at $117k as XLM Steals the Crypto Spotlight (July 13, 2025)

Crypto markets flex bullish momentum as Bitcoin maintains its $117k stronghold—while Stellar's XLM emerges as the unlikely frontrunner in today's rally.

The Bitcoin Fortress Holds

No retreat, no surrender—BTC's $117k support level becomes the line in the sand for institutional traders. Meanwhile, derivatives markets show whales doubling down on calls.

XLM's Surprise Offensive

Stellar's native token outpaces majors with double-digit gains, leaving analysts scrambling to update their 'safe altcoin' playbooks. Cross-border payment narratives gain fresh traction (just as banks 'coincidentally' announce CBDC delays).

Active addresses spike across both networks, though skeptics note the volume-to-liquidity ratio still favors paper profits over real exits. As one trader quipped: 'When the SEC starts tweeting about 'investor protection,' you know we're in the money.'

Bitcoin & Top Altcoins Hold Above Crucial Support Levels

The Bitcoin (BTC) price displayed a strong bullish action over the last 24 hours, resulting in the largest crypto by market cap achieving multiple highs within a short time frame. With a listing value of $117,052, it has added over 8% to its valuation in seven days, its share has increased to $2.328 trillion.

With this, the ethereum (ETH) price breached the $2.9k mark after multiple failed attempts. This has pushed the dominance of ETH crypto to 9.675% with a valuation of $351.603 billion. The weekly surge of 16% has helped the largest altcoin to regain its lost momentum.

On the other hand, the xrp price reached a high of $2.85, a jump of approximately 7% from its low of $2.67 that was recorded during the early Asian market. With the growing dominance and bullish presence, the XRP crypto is on the verge of surpassing Tether and claiming the 3rd position in the market.

Bagging the highest gains from the ongoing bullish action, the stellar (XLM) price has added about 64% to its value in just seven days. This makes it the best-performing altcoin among the top 100 cryptocurrencies. With a 71% in its intraday trading volume, its market cap has climbed to $12.05 billion.

Notably, the XLM crypto price has last retested the $0.40 mark on 1st February 2025. By evaluating the present market statistics, this altcoin may continue to stay under the limelight of the crypto community for a brief period.

Trending Cryptos Today

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• BakeryToken (BAKE)

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Top Gainers & Losers Today

Crypto Market Cap Overview

The global crypto valuation was at $3.65 trillion at the time of writing with an intraday trading volume of $151.46 billion, a massive drop of -42.36% as per the data from CoinMarketCap. With a correction of 1.64% today, the market is suggesting a short cool-off phase.

The Fear & Greed index has surged to 69, highlighting a major shift toward the bullish momentum. However, the Altcoin season index is unable to break out of its bitcoin season and is currently at 27.

Over the last 24 hours, 148,464 traders have been liquidated bringing the total liquidations coming in at $366.25 million. Notably, the largest single liquidation order took place on the OKX cryptocurrency exchange on the ETH/USDT-SWAP pair. The total value of this liquidation order was $4.41 million.

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