Bitcoin steady after breaking $70K, most altcoins up - alt season anticipation.

Cryptocurrency markets pared gains after surging on optimistic market sentiment. The cryptocurrency market capitalization increased by 1.37% to $2.61 trillion at 5:05 p.m. ET on Nov. 28. Trading volume increased 41.13% to $79.8 billion. Bitcoin dominance decreased by 0.06 percentage points to 52.69%. Bitcoin (BTC) is up 0.50% to $69,197.37. It surged to the $74,000 mark at one point before retreating to a range-bound level. With U.S. markets closed, there was some favorable news from the European Central Bank (ECB), which confirmed a rate cut in June.

Ethereum (ETH) was down 0.14% at $3869.43. The top 10 coins were all up except for Dogecoin (DOGE). Solana (SOL) was the biggest gainer, up 3.63%. The price increase was helped by the Solana community's approval of SIMD-0096, a proposal to allocate all fees to network validators first. The expectation is that the network will operate smoothly. The rise in altcoins has also led to speculation that alt season is upon us.

One crypto-savvy analyst noted that Ethereum's open interest is surpassing Bitcoin's, and “it's very possible that altcoin season will start sooner than expected.” The launch of Tyco's mainnet, which uses the Ethereum ecosystem's existing technology to make transactions easier and faster, also caught the attention of the market. Ethereum founder Vitalik proposed the first block to mark the launch of the Tycho mainnet and congratulated the Ethereum ecosystem on its expansion, saying, “It's a great addition to the Ethereum ecosystem.”