Bitcoin Price, Ethereum Slip. What to Watch for Crypto’s Next Move.

The total market value of all cryptocurrencies sits at around $3.8 trillion. (Josefkubes/Dreamstime)

Key Points

• Bitcoin’s price decreased by 0.7% to approximately $114,589, following a recent surge driven by U.S.-China trade optimism.
• Major altcoins experienced declines, with Ethereum down 1.1%, Solana down 0.1%, and Dogecoin losing 1.5%.
• Strive shares fell 8.5% in premarket trading after a 49% gain the previous day, influenced by a large stake disclosure.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were falling early on Tuesday as the crypto sector’s surge on the back of trade optimism stalled.

Bitcoin’s price was down 0.7% over the past 24 hours, at around $114,322, after surging from $110,000 in recent days amid positive signs that a U.S.-China trade agreement could be close to being confirmed.

“The combination of expected Fed easing and renewed optimism around U. S.—China trade talks has supported Bitcoin’s latest rebound,” said David Hernandez, an analyst at 21Shares. “If the Fed signals additional cuts and trade progress deepens, risk assets could see a fresh wave of speculative inflows, especially Bitcoin.”

Several large altcoins were falling. Ethereum dropped 0.8% and Solana was down 0.1%. Dogecoin , which is a memecoin, was losing 1.5%.

Crypto-exposed stocks were falling. Strategy , the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin in the world, was down 0.3% in the premarket while U.S. crypto-exchange Coinbase Global was dropping 0.1%.

Shares of Strive, the Bitcoin treasury company co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy and known for railing against “woke” corporate policies, were down 8.5% in the premarket after gaining 49% the previous day.

Shares of Strive began surging late last week, with the rally accelerating Friday after Bitcoin investor Mike Alfred said in a post on social-media site X post that he had taken a more than one million-share stake in the company.

However, EthZilla was gaining 8.5% in premarket trading, adding to a 15% gain the previous day. It said Monday that it had sold around $40 million of its Ethereum treasury holdings and would use the proceeds for share repurchases.

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