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Altcoins Outperform Bitcoin With Double-Digit Weekly Gains

Altcoins including Near Protocol, Polkadot and Jupiter have posted double-digit gains over the past week, far outpacing Bitcoin as traders rotated into higher-beta assets following the leading crypto's attempted recovery. Near Protocol jumped 19.4% over the past seven days, while Polkadot gained 16.5% and Jupiter climbed 15.8%, according to CoinGecko data. Bitcoin, by contrast, is roughly breakeven over the same period, hovering near $66,100 after recovering 4.7% from its February 28 low of $63,...