Binance Market Update: Crypto Market Trends | February 21, 2025

According to CoinMarketCap data, the global crypto market cap is $3.26T, a 1.53% increase over the last day.

Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading between $96,799 and $98,897 over the past 24 hours. As of 09:30 AM (UTC) today, BTC is trading at $98,375, up by 1.21%.

Most major cryptocurrencies by market cap are trading mixed. Market outperformers include KAITO, BNX, and COOKIE, up by 1626%, 25%, and 22%, respectively.

Top stories of the day:

• Federal Reserve Considers Tariff Impact on Inflation

• Fear and Greed Index Rises to Greed Level

• Bitcoin Price Rises Amid Increased Market Activity 

• Gold Leads Bitcoin by 65 Days, But Short-Term Volatility Remains Unpredictable

• Japan's Core Consumer Inflation Reaches 19-Month High in January 

• U.S. Senate Committee to Hold Hearing on Bipartisan Digital Asset Legislation 

• U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Slightly Higher Than Expected

• Bernstein Predicts Prolonged Cryptocurrency Bull Market Until 2026 

• Altcoin ETF Approval and Options Market Data Signal Second Phase of Crypto Bull Market, Says QCP

• Grayscale's Spot XRP ETF Application Under SEC Review

Market movers:

ETH: $2795.79 (+2.42%)

XRP: $2.6746 (-1.04%)

BNB: $657.8 (+1.54%)

SOL: $178.53 (+3.89%)

DOGE: $0.25613 (+1.18%)

ADA: $0.8082 (+2.75%)

TRX: $0.2489 (+4.49%)

TRUMP: $17.06 (+1.55%)

WBTC: $98236.9 (+1.21%)

LINK: $18.54 (+3.06%)