Crypto Market This Week: Bitcoin Holds $83K Despite Macro Heat, What’s Happening?

The crypto market has closed yet another week, keeping traders and investors cautious with sluggish price performances. Bitcoin (BTC) price held the $83K level with no major gains in the past seven days. Whereas, Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and XRP prices mimicked a sluggish action.

Notably, the latest announcement by Donald Trump about reciprocal tariffs has rattled global markets, with even risk assets encountering some macro heat. Mentioned below are some of the top market updates reported by CoinGape Media over the past week.

Crypto Market Faces Macroeconomic Pressure

This week saw a couple of concerning macro developments that sparked a cautious sentiment among traders and investors. CoinGape reported that the manufacturing PMI and JOLTS data came in weaker than expected this week.

The March PMI data dropped to 49, below expectations of 49.5 and lower than the 50 recorded in February. Also, the U.S. JOLTS job openings for February stood at 7.568 million, coming short of the expected 7.690 million and lower than the 7.762 million recorded in January. This macro data pointed toward a bearish outlook for the broader market.

In turn, even the crypto market saw a stalled movement, with Bitcoin & Ether prices negating any major gains over the past seven days. In addition, Donald Trump’s Liberation Day, which is the tagline for his proposed reciprocal tariffs on other countries, has added to the pressure on broader markets.

Bitcoin, Ether, & Other Coin Prices Over The Week

BTC price witnessed a marginal 0.5% jump in the past seven days and closed in at the $83K level. In the past 7 days, the flagship crypto stooped as low as $81K whilst also touching a $87K high.

ETH price saw a drop of nearly 2% weekly and exchanged hands at the $1,800 level. Ethereum hit a bottom of $1,700 whilst also nearing a high of $2,000 this week

SOL price fell by roughly 5% over the week to reach $120. The crypto’s weekly high and low was $135 and $112, respectively.

XRP price mimicked the broader crypto market trend, dipping over 2% in seven days to $2.13. Ripple’s coin is consolidating despite speculations of an imminent settlement of the lawsuit against the U.S. SEC.