Numerous altcoins have produced far more impressive gains than BTC over the past week, including XRP, SOL, ADA, LINK, DOGE, NEAR, and more.

It was a rather interesting and unexpected week for the cryptocurrency markets, especially since the setbacks suffered just ten days ago.

Recall the market update from last Friday, in which we reported that BTC had somehow crossed the $80,000 barrier despite the failure of the CLARITY Act in the US Senate and the Fed’s subsequent interest rate hike. The cryptocurrency slipped to $75,000 after both of those developments, but rebounded swiftly and reclaimed the key $80,000 level by Friday afternoon. It hasn’t been below that level…