Bitcoin, Ethereum Other major coins were trading mixed on Thursday evening as the global cryptocurrency market rose 1.15% to $1.05 trillion at press time.
| Coin | 24 hours | 7-day | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin BTC/USD | -0.7% | 12.7% | $23,139.08 |
| Ethereum ETH / USD | 3.1% | 32.46% | $1,575.26 |
| Dogecoin DOGE / USD | -0.4% | 12.1% | $0.07 |
| Cryptocurrency | 24 Hour % Change (+/-) | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Crooked DAO Token (CRV) | + 21.2% | $1.40 |
| Synthetic (SNX) | + 15% | $3.29 |
| Cosmos (ATOM) | + 14.1% | $11.06 |
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Why it matters: The difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum was at play on Thursday. The top cryptocurrency by market cap continues to come under pressure following the news Tesla Inc TSLA sale has been announced on Wednesday.
“Tesla missed a good portion of the Bitcoin holdings news and caught many off guard, helping the rally to end above $24,000. It’s not a game-changer for Bitcoin, but it has worried a good portion of social media followers,” he said. HER Senior Market Analyst Edward MoyaIn a note seen by Benzinga.
Moya expects Bitcoin to be “sharp” until the next post-U.S Federal Reserve a policy meeting will be held next week.
GlobalBlock analyst Marcus Sotiriou Tesla CEO said Elon Musk’s the automaker’s decision to sell its Bitcoin holdings “will not sit well with Bitcoin maximalists because it gives many institutions the impression that Bitcoin is not a suitable backup asset or safe haven.”
Sotiriou noted that Bitcoin fell 40% after Tesla sold some of its holdings. “I don’t think Tesla should be criticized for managing its risks in this uncertain macroeconomic environment. They can buy back Bitcoin or other digital assets when conditions improve.
CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Joo He pointed to a June 16 tweet in which market makers at Coinbase sent 63,638 BTC to multiple exchanges, mostly Binance and Bitfinex, within 72 hours.
Correction: MM(s) were following Tesla’s orders. https://t.co/R0TnT3mmpm
– Ki Young Ju (@ki_young_ju) July 20, 2022
That said Thursday they were executing the orders on behalf of Tesla.
Current market conditions offer investors “enough volatility to make money,” a cryptocurrency trader said Michael van de Poppe on Twitter. He said that the summer relief campaign continues.
$ ETH high attack, #Bitcoin to print a decent daily candle.
The summer aid campaign continues.
Enough volatility to make money.
And you see how quickly feelings change.
– Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) July 21, 2022
Santiment, a market intelligence platform on Twitter, said that social volume is not increasing, indicating that investors do not yet have “FOMO fever.”
#Bitcoin It is + 12% and rose above 23 thousand dollars this week. It became a bigger story #Ethereum (+ 33%) & #altcoins whom $ etc. (+ 69%), $ APE (+ 39%), $ FTM (+ 33%), & $ RUNES (+ 31%). As the social volume decreases, there are no crowds #FOMO still fever. https://t.co/nf1qN1XuQy pic.twitter.com/V91bDZKScG
– Sentiment (@santimentfeed) July 21, 2022
Meanwhile, cryptocurrencies continue to have a strong correlation with stocks. The S&P 500 closed up 1% on Thursday, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq closed the day up 1.4%.
Markets then slipped into the red in extended trading Snapchat parent Snap Inc SNAP revealed weak returns. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were down 0.4% and 0.7%, respectively, at press time.
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