BlockBeats news, on March 13, according to Coindesk, Bitcoin rose approximately 2% during the European session on Friday, breaking above the $72,000 mark, outperforming risk assets despite a stronger U.S. dollar and weaker U.S. stock futures. During the same period, Nasdaq-100 Index and S&P 500 Index futures briefly declined, while the U.S. Dollar Index rose above 100.
Derivatives data shows that the total cryptocurrency futures open interest (OI) increased by approximately 5% over the past 24 hours to $107.6 billion, with Bitcoin OI rising to 687,200 BTC—the highest level since late February—and Ethereum OI increasing to 13.72 million, indicating continued inflows into long positions.
If Bitcoin breaks above $74,000 with significant volume, the market may rise further toward $80,000; if it fails to break through, it may continue trading within the range established since early February.
In the altcoin market, the Trump-themed meme coin TRUMP surged over 30% within 24 hours after announcing a dinner event with Trump for its top 297 holders; the AI-themed tokens Bittensor and FET each rose approximately 14%.