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Story: BTC Tops 61% Market Share as Altcoin Trading Hits $49B on Binance

By Pankaj K

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Altcoin Volume Stays Strong. But here's the thing. Altcoins didn't disappear.

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Why Traders Are Rotating Back. Bitcoin's jump past 61% probably comes down to fear.

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Bitcoin just crossed 61% market dominance. That's a big jump.

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The move came this week as BTC pulled a bigger slice of total crypto market value, according to fresh data.

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Binance-listed altcoins grabbed 49% of total trading volume in March, the data shows. That's nearly half of all trades happening on the world's biggest exchange by volume.

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The 49% figure covers a huge range of tokens—everything from established names to newer projects that launched in the past year.

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March trading data came in just as Bitcoin's dominance started ticking up week by week. The two trends—BTC gaining market share and altcoins holding strong volume—seem…

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Bitcoin's jump past 61% probably comes down to fear. When markets get shaky, money moves to the biggest, most liquid asset. Bitcoin fits that bill in crypto.

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And there's been plenty of uncertainty lately. Macro headwinds, regulatory noise, exchange drama—pick your reason. Investors pulled back from riskier bets and piled into BTC.

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The 61% level is significant for another reason. Historically, when Bitcoin dominance climbs above 60%, it tends to stay elevated for a while.

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Binance's data is critical here because the exchange handles a massive chunk of global crypto volume.

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Market watchers are trying to figure out what comes next. If Bitcoin dominance keeps climbing, does that squeeze altcoins further?

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One thing's clear: the market isn't monolithic. Different investors are doing different things. Some are rotating into BTC for safety.

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