Over the last month, the cryptocurrency market was on a hot streak, rising about 38% as investors piled into crypto assets such as Bitcoin and other popular alternatives like Litecoin, Ripple’s XRP, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and EOS.

At the beginning of the month, Bitcoin (BTC) price surged, taking analysts and traders by surprise as to what might have caused the sudden increase in price. However, analysts are unsure whether the cryptocurrencies will hold their recent gains. But considering Bitcoin has managed to maintain the price above $5,000, it shows signs of strength that the growth will continue.

This week the crypto market capitalization of Bitcoin and another 2,000 cryptocurrencies hit $186 billion, an all-time high for this year. Apparently, Bitcoin makes up almost half of the crypto market capitalization, with over a $90 billion market cap. Crypto analysts have labeled the sudden rally as the ‘Altseason’ because of the double-digit gain made by the smaller cryptocurrencies.

The recent rally has been seen by industry players as good news, and it is a result of various developments in the crypto industry. This week the price of cryptocurrencies continued to grow following the launch of the Coinbase crypto card in the UK. Also, most of the major cryptos maintained their strong positions because of bullish comments from analysts and industry watchers, which caused a surge in sentiments allowing the coins to maintain the high prices.

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Brian Kelly of BKCM investment management firm stated that the price of Bitcoin will, in the next few years, exceed the 2017 all-time high of $20,000. He added that the growth of crypto networks and institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies will continue to push the price of cryptocurrencies higher in the coming years.

eToro market analyst, Mato Greenspan indicated that there was a step down in the crypto market after a breakout week. He added that failure to go up demonstrates the present appetite, but it does not mean that growth will decline.

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