Bitcoin gets closer to '51% attack' on altcoin market
Bitcoin's market dominance index has failed to sustain above 50% since April 2021 — so will this time be any different? Bitcoin's (BTC) percentage share in the crypto market has risen to nearly 50% in the aftermath of the last week's altcoin market rout. On June 13, the Bitcoin Dominance Index (BTC.D), which tracks BTC's weight against other cryptocurrencies, reached 49.29%, slightly down from its two-year highs of 49.66% seen earlier this week. BTC.D daily price chart. Source: TradingView BTC not an "unregistered security" The surge in Bitcoin dominance comes after the United States' Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) lawsuit against the crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase. In its court filings, the commission accused many leading altcoin s, including Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL), of being "unregistered securities." Related: SEC’s Gensler says BTC, ETH ‘not securities’ in a newly surfaced video Bitcoin's market share ty...