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The crypto market has been one of those big asset clusters resolutely obeying gravity over the past few days, with many coins and tokens booking losses in excess of 20% and even 30%. According to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence, high-profile meme token Shiba Inu was a dog of an investment with a nearly 21% decline across the week. A major one was the electoral success of the ticket of Donald Trump and crypto investor JD Vance, which implied a new dawn for the asset class.

Bitcoin bulls have a lot of reasons to be optimistic right now. Find out what could drive Bitcoin over the $1 million mark -- and what might hold it back.

If you don't already hold some Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), there's a very good chance that buying it could help to round out your portfolio. Here are three reasons why Bitcoin belongs in (almost) everyone's portfolio these days. One of the most important reasons to own even a little Bitcoin is that it can protect at least a portion of your total purchasing power from surges in monetary inflation.

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) are two of the biggest cryptocurrencies, yet their focuses are very different. XRP aims to rapidly and accurately process money transfers around the world, potentially including the tokenzation of real-world assets into its transfer capabilities. Ethereum is a more traditional blockchain, with extensive smart-contract capabilities and an ecosystem of projects under the headings of decentralized finance (DeFi), and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), among others.

Top investor Aly Madhavji says execution, not just vision, defines Bitcoin innovators.

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It all started with tariffs announced last Saturday, which seems like a year ago at this point. The stock market recovered some of its losses, but the crypto market can't say the same. According to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) fell 19.8% from last Friday's close, Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) is down 14.7%, Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) is down 24.2%, and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is off 19.2%.