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Bitcoin is up 12.8% on this time last week to trade at just under $14,800 at the time of writing. However, BTC seems very reluctant to make a sustained break above the psychological US$10,000 mark (A$15,331). The overall trend is very positive with BTC up by a third in the past month. Ryan Selkis from Messari noted that what he’s calling the ‘Pomp Trade’ – “Long Bitcoin Short the Bankers” – has paid off in spades this year, with BTC up 38% YTD while the major US banks have lost 37% or more. Ether was up 15.2% on seven days ago, XRP was up 6.2%, Bitcoin Cash (6.9%), LTC (9.3%), EOS (10.5%) and Stellar (12%).
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Despite a sharp fall on the weekend, Bitcoin finished the week just 3.24% down and was trading at just over $13,500 at the time of writing. It’s up 25% for the month. The Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index is at 40 or ‘neutral’ which suggests traders have quickly shrugged off the volatility. Still, it was a sea of red for the remainder of the top ten with Ethereum down 10.3%, XRP (-12.2%), Bitcoin Cash (-5.8%), Bitcoin SV (-11.2%), Litecoin (-12.5%), EOS (-13.5%). Stellar was down 15.2%.
Market Update 29th April – 5th May 2020
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The Bitcoin price has been on the move in the lead up to next week’s halving, with BTC up 15.1% on a week ago to trade just over $14,000. Altcoins have increased to a lesser extent: Ethereum was up 6.6%, XRP (11.4%), Bitcoin Cash (2%), Bitcoin SV (6.8%), Litecoin (7.1%), EOS (2%). Stellar increased another 10.6%, bringing its gains for the month to a hefty 68%.
Market Update 22nd – 28th April 2020
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Lockdowns are easing, searches for the ‘Bitcoin halving’ have surged past their 2016 peak and the Crypto Fear and Greed Index has finally emerged from ‘extreme fear after seven weeks’ (it hit 28/100 yesterday which is just ‘fear’). Bitcoin is up 12.7 percent this week and was trading under $12,000 at the time of writing. That’s 100% up on the price it crashed to on Black Thursday… but is it showing signs of a classic bull trap? It’s happy days too for Ethereum, which gained 13.6%, XRP (7.24%), Bitcoin Cash (9.3%), Bitcoin SV (4.4%), Litecoin (9.2%) and EOS (8.3%). Stellar outperformed the lot, up 34% on a week ago.
Market Update 15th – 21st April 2020
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Bitcoin has been trading between $10,400 and $11,500 this week. It fell 4.5% in the past 24 hours following losses on Wall Street. Overall Bitcoin is up 1.1% for the week and is trading around $11,000 at the time of writing. Today’s plunge wasn’t enough to erase Ether’s gains for the week, which are currently 10.7%. XRP (-2.3%), Bitcoin Cash (-0.6%), Bitcoin SV (-1%) all suffered minor losses for the week, Litecoin broke even while EOS (3.5%) and Stellar (3.9%) made up ground.
Market Update 8th – 14th April 2020
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After the best week since 1974, US stocks fell on Monday, with the Dow closing 1.4% down and the S&P 500 down 1%. Bitcoin fell 4.5% in tandem and it’s currently trading at just under $10,800, which is 5.8% down on a week ago. Everything else was in the red: Ethereum (-6.4%), XRP (-3.75%), Bitcoin Cash (-11.3%), Bitcoin SV (-0.75%), Litecoin (-7.6%), EOS (-9.4%) and Stellar (-2.1%). With the correlation to stocks appearing to hold, it’ll be interesting to see what happens as quarterly earnings reports are released from today. Quantum Economics founder Mati Greenspan predicts the earnings season will be “probably the worst in history”.