Bitcoin Holds Strong Above 70K While Ethereum Climbs and DeFi Stays Selective This Week in Crypto

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Hey folks, Crypto Willy here, your neighborhood blockchain buddy breaking down the wild week in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and DeFi leading up to today. Kicking off with Bitcoin, the king held strong above that psych-important $70K mark all week, per Sergey Tereshkin's crypto news roundup. By April 14 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, BTC hit $74,314.61 according to Fortune, after a spicy 4.79% surge to $74,408 as MEXC News detailed—sitting right at the upper Bollinger Band with RSI at 61.92 and flat MACD screaming potential cooldown. MEXC flagged overbought Stochastics at 94.65, eyeing consolidation between $72K-$75K short-term, with $76,016 resistance key. On-chain, whales scooped 8,700 BTC amid +12,400 exchange inflows, mixing accumulation vibes despite Extreme Fear on the Greed Index dipping to 12 last Sunday. Market cap chilled at $2.49T, BTC dominance at 56.8% as alts bled relatively.

Ethereum? Steady climber, folks—Fortune clocked it at $2,370.04 this morning, up $174 from yesterday and a whopping $746 from last year. Sergey noted stabilization near $2,200 earlier, but Caleb & Brown's weekly rollup showed ETH dominance 10.8-11.3% with $196.5 million inflows into ETH funds. MEXC pegged it at $2,184.76 mid-week, locked to BTC's ratio at 0.0309, staking at 34.2M ETH (28.5% supply). Institutional cash loves it for tokenization plays.

DeFi's humming selectively—capital's flowing to infrastructure like Ethereum, BNB, Solana per Sergey, plus exchange derivs and high-turnover spots. TVL steady but governance votes wrapping this week could spark migrations, MEXC warned. Altcoins uneven, stablecoins hoarding "dry powder" amid oil spikes and geopolitics jittering risk appetite. CoinDesk called it a Goldilocks rally for BTC/ETH, small caps sidelined. Base case? Cautiously positive with institutional tailwinds, but watch US PPI today and those flows.

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