Bitcoin trades near $80,000

Bitcoin traded near the $80,000 mark on Sunday after two weeks of choppy moves that kept the largest cryptocurrency within reach of that threshold. CoinGecko showed Bitcoin at about $78,141 on May 17, with a market capitalization of roughly $1.57 trillion and 24-hour trading volume of about $26.0 billion. (coingecko.com) CoinGecko’s daily history showed Bitcoin closing as high as $81,725 on May 11 and $81,052 on May 14, while ending May 16 at $78,135. (coinmarketcap.com) CoinMarketCap’s live market page separately showed Bitcoin around $78,320 on Sunday, underscoring that the token was still trading in the same narrow band around $80,000. (coingecko.com) ### How close has Bitcoin actually been to $80,000? CoinGecko’s price history showed Bitcoin closing above $80,000 on six days between May 5 and May 12, including $80,925 on May 5, $81,425 on May 6 and $82,146 on May 10. The same series showed pullbacks to $79,278 on May 13 and $79,069 on May 15 before the May 16 close at $78,135. CoinMarketCap’s dashboard showed Bitcoin at $78,319.56 on May 17. Trading Economics also showed BTC/USD near $78,400 on Sunday, indicating that spot references across major market trackers were clustered below, but not far from, $80,000. (coingecko.com) ### What does the broader crypto market look like around that move? CoinGecko showed the total cryptocurrency market capitalization at about $2.69 trillion on May 17, with 24-hour trading volume near $64.0 billion. The same page put Bitcoin dominance at 58.3% and Ethereum dominance at 9.81%. CoinMarketCap’s market overview showed a similar picture, with Bitcoin at $78,319.56, Ethereum at $2,192.98, BNB at $656.51, Solana at $86.75 and XRP at $1.42. (coingecko.com) Its dashboard listed the altcoin season index at 35 out of 100 and Bitcoin dominance at 60.2%. (coinmarketcap.com) ### Are altcoins keeping pace with Bitcoin? CoinMarketCap’s altcoin season page showed an index reading of 33 out of 100 on May 17, after 29 the previous day and 47 a week earlier. The site says altcoin season requires 75% of the top 100 coins to outperform Bitcoin over the prior 90 days. (coingecko.com) The same ranking showed Bitcoin up 11.26% over 90 days, while Ethereum was up 4.52%, BNB 3.96%, Solana 2.22% and XRP 10.14%. Those figures indicated that several large alternative tokens had lagged Bitcoin over that period even as some smaller coins posted much larger gains. (coinmarketcap.com) ### Which price levels are showing up across the biggest tokens? CoinGecko’s live market table showed Ethereum at $2,182.74, BNB at $652.33, XRP at $1.41 and Solana at $86.50 on May 17. CoinMarketCap’s live page showed closely aligned prices, with Ethereum at $2,192.98, BNB at $656.51, XRP at $1.42 and Solana at $86.75. (coinmarketcap.com) Those figures were lower than some of the ranges circulating in social-media posts cited in the initial prompt. The market trackers reviewed here showed the major tokens trading at the lower end of, or below, those posted ranges as of Sunday. (coinmarketcap.com) ### Where can readers track the next move? CoinGecko updates live token prices, market capitalization and volume on its main cryptocurrency dashboard, while CoinMarketCap publishes live prices, Bitcoin dominance and the altcoin season index on its charts pages. Both sites were showing refreshed May 17 data and remain the most direct public references for whether Bitcoin retakes $80,000 in the next session. (coingecko.com)