# Bitcoin Settles New Territory

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Mar 11, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/bitcoin-settles-new-territory*

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   Bitcoin Settles New Territory
  

  
  Published on Mar 11, 2024

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  BTC Overtakes Silver
  
  

  

 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/03/Group-14--52-.png)](https://www.bankless.com/dashboard)- **🟠 Bitcoin passes silver. **BTC just surpassed silver to become the [8th-most valuable asset](https://www.theblock.co/post/281605/bitcoin-surpasses-silver-to-become-the-eighth-largest-asset-by-market-cap) by market cap. Next up? Google parent company, Alphabet, with a market cap of $1.6 trillion.
-  💜 **Solana hits ATH in daily added addresses.** Solana is [adding new users at a faster clip than ever](https://x.com/ICODrops/status/1767275189404938593?s=20) as memecoin season sets in. 
- 😮 **MicroStrategy buys more BTC.** Saylor is staying at it, [announcing](https://www.sec.gov/ixviewer/ix.html?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001050446/000119312524064331/d738431d8k.htm) today the firm has bought 12,000 bitcoins in the past two weeks.

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      TODAY IN MARKETS
    
    
  
  
    
    BTC Settles New Territory
  
  

  

 
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/03/image---2024-03-11T150409.996.png)](https://www.bankless.com/btc-finally-settles-new-territory)**📊 BTC or Bust?** Bitcoin's new all-time high this morning shows that the asset is ready to explore new heights after a week of timidly pushing up against its past achievements. *Will it leave ETH in its dust?*

[Read More on Bankless.com](https://www.bankless.com/btc-finally-settles-new-territory)

Prices as of 5pm ET
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  **Crypto**
   
          $2.71T
       

  
    
    ↗ 3.4%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 8.8%
    
  

       ![](https://banklesspublic.b-cdn.net/btc.png)
    

  **BTC**
   
          $72,109
       

  
    
    ↗ 3.9%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 7.1%
    
  

       ![](https://banklesspublic.b-cdn.net/eth.png)
    

  **ETH**
   
          $4,034
       

  
    
    ↗ 3.3%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 12.7%
    
  

  

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    ANALYSIS

  
  
    
   
  Base's Hot New DeFi App
  
  
   
     
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[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/03/image---2024-03-11T150402.032.png)](https://www.bankless.com/base-coinbase-hot-new-defi-app)**Base continues to be a growing DeFi hot spot, and Astaria v1, which launched earlier this year, is a rising star on the network.**

[Astaria](https://astaria.xyz/) is a lending protocol that eliminates the need for oracles and introduces an intent-based, fixed-rate lending system with unlimited loan durations. This innovative setup has caught crypto's attention thanks to the dapp's simplicity and overall user experience.

*Today, we dig into how Astaria works, how you can use it, and why people are excited *👇👇

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