Bitcoin bulls make a run on $45K after Twitter debuts crypto tipping
Bitcoin price rallied to $44,800 and takes aim at flipping the $45,000 level to support shortly after Twitter launched a new crypto tipping service. Bullish optimism is on the rise across the cryptocurrency market on Sept. 23 as prices continue to recover from this week's volatility which was the result of regulatory pressure on the crypto sector, the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on the Fed's interest rate hikes and monetary policy, along with fears that the Evergrande situation would ripple out to impact global financial markets.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that after trading in a range between $43,000 and $44,300 during the early trading hours on Sept. 23, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) spiked above $44,800 in the early afternoon and now takes aim at flipping the $45,000 resistance level into support.
The timing of the spike in BTC price aligns closely with Twitter's announcement that users will now be able to tip other users with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin thanks to an integration with Strike, a payment application built on the Lightning network that enables low-cost Bitcoin transactions. This development came as the momentum across the cryptocurrency ecosystem was already on the rise with the top altcoin Ether (ETH) back above $3,100. Data also shows that the Ether balance held in reserves on major cryptocurrency exchanges has reached an all-time low.
Altcoins fully rebound
The altcoin market is firing on all cylinders as competition in the layer-one field heats up with projects like Terra (LUNA), Avalanche (AVAX) and Cosmos (ATOM) making gains in terms of price and attracting new users thanks to lower-cost transactions and faster processing times.
Celer (CELR) is the top gainer on the 24-hour after seeing its price spike by 52% to a new all-time high at $0.14, while Celo (CELO) has put on a 24% gain and trades at $7.80.
Other notable performances include a 23% gain for COTI, a 21% gain for Tezos (XTZ) and a 20% rally from Origin Trail (TRAC). The overall cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $1.999 trillion and Bitcoin’s dominance rate is 42%.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 92% | 4 | $26 369.00 | 0.56% | -2.24% | $514 139 107 500 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 94% | 6 | $1 605.70 | 0.98% | -0.76% | $193 061 640 768 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 94% | 1 | $0.999243 | -0.03% | -0.08% | $83 208 140 396 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 90.4% | 4 | $212.12 | -0.04% | -0.98% | $32 634 766 460 |  |
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| 5 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 89.6% | 8 | $0.499643 | -0.38% | -3.01% | $26 637 136 198 |  |
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| 6 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 92% | 1 | $1.000070 | 0.01% | 0.01% | $25 484 391 434 |  |
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| 7 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 93.2% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 8 |  WTRX |
Wrapped TRON predictions | 88.8% | 20 | $0.085255 | 1.04% | 0.78% | $8 668 426 443 |  |
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| 9 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 92.4% | 8 | $0.244488 | -0.17% | -2.71% | $8 588 498 037 |  |
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| 10 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 93.6% | 6 | $0.060603 | -0.04% | -3.05% | $8 556 370 845 |  |
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| 11 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 88% | 22 | $19.27 | 1.43% | -3.80% | $7 951 021 232 |  |
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| 12 |  TRX |
TRON predictions | 86% | 18 | $0.085514 | 0.55% | 1.15% | $7 618 867 556 |  |
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| 13 |  TON |
Toncoin predictions | 59.2% | 84 | $2.15 | 1.29% | -10.03% | $7 364 651 373 |  |
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| 14 |  DAI |
Dai predictions | 92.4% | 1 | $0.999758 | 0.03% | 0.06% | $5 346 596 495 |  |
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| 15 |  DOT |
Polkadot predictions | 88.8% | 11 | $4.00 | -0.05% | -3.40% | $4 930 596 420 |  |
