ETH Market Cap Reaches New Highs, Surpasses Visa
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The ETH market cap briefly topped $500 billion for a new all-time high. This officially made the network more valuable than Visa.
While the ETH market cap has dropped back slightly to $496 billion at the time of press, it’s still $2 billion ahead of Visa. ETH also managed to jump the market caps of both Walmart and the Wall Street banking giant JP Morgan Chase earlier this week.
ETH is currently up 9% on the day and is trading at $4,310.
Bullish trends for ETH and altcoins
This past Monday morning ETH soared to a new all-time high, surpassing $4,000 for the first time. The upward trend of the altcoin king shows a growth of over 450% since the beginning of the year. While many altcoins continue to pump, BTC dominance (BTCD) has been sliding. Earlier this month, BTCD dropped below two long-term support levels.
However, momentous growth in the altcoin community has sparked excitement among investors. Within the booming crypto industry, Glassnode found that waves of investors seem to be moving ETH from centralized exchanges and platforms into the increasingly popular decentralized finance (DeFi) space.
The performance of other altcoins has also been noticeable as a part of the bullish season. Cardano (ADA) hit a new high of $1.83 on May 9. This came almost a month after the developer’s showcased their upcoming work throughout Africa.
Dogecoin has been blowing up the news as well. From being the first crypt currency to fund a space mission to Elon Musk’s SNL performance implications, the meme-inspired altcoin’s performance is on everyone’s radar.
Visa adds value to the ETH economy
Last month, some big news from Visa Inc. revealed that it plans to settle transactions in USD Coin (USDC) by using the ETH network. At the time, this caused a reactionary price hike of around 8%. The move helped to bolster the narrative of ETH as “ultra sound money” and added more activity to its network.
A month and a half later, ETH’s market cap jump is a further indication of the altcoin’s validity within the wider financial industry.
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