Following a weekend that finally saw Bitcoin climb well over $45,000. Altcoins DOGE and SHIB appear to have been the biggest benefactors of the market conditions over the weekend. Bitcoin rallied to a nearly three month high, touching $45,300 on Sunday.
The surge in bullish momentum spilled over to ethereum, which also saw a nearly three month high, hitting $3,195 on Sunday. The total market capitalization increased to $1.8 trillion as bullish buying saw a majority of the top 100 coins increase in value.
However, the most notable gainers over the weekend saw DOGE and SHIB both climb by double figures. At the time of writing, DOGE has jumped 16%, with SHIB also climbing over double figures, gaining 10.3% in price.