Major cryptocurrencies advanced on Sunday as investors cast aside fears that monetary easing policies would be affected due to the explosive jobs report.
Cryptocurrency | Earnings +/- | Price (recorded at 7:30 p.m. ET) |
Bitcoin BTC/USD | +1.35% | $95,764.13 |
Ethereum ETH/USD |
+1.49% | $3,331.29 |
Dogecoin DOGE/USD | +1.66% | $0.3449 |
What happened: Bitcoin surged to $95,740 during the evening, capping a turbulent day for the world’s top cryptocurrency. The asset fluctuated between $94,000 and $95,000 for much of the weekend before starting to rise again.
Corrective price actions have been in place since Bitcoin’s rally to $102,000 last week.
Ethereum followed a similar trajectory, falling from a high of $3,700 to $3,000 during the week.
Around $149.81 million was liquidated in the last 24 hours, with upside bets accounting for $100 million.
A further drop to $90,000 will liquidate $417 million in long positions.
However, the market seemed optimistic about a comeback, with 61% of Binance traders betting on Bitcoin to gain based on the Long/Short ratio.
Market sentiment has moved from “neutral” to “greed,” according to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, indicating an increase in risk appetite.
Top winners (24 hours)
Cryptocurrency | Earnings +/- | Price (recorded at 7:30 p.m. ET) |
Hyperliquid (THRESHING) | +6.65% | $21.93 |
KuCoin Token (KCS) | +5.62% | $11.42 |
Raydium (RADIUS) | +4.77% | $4.76 |
The global cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at $3.3 trillion, down 0.50% over the past 24 hours.
Stock futures were largely unchanged in overnight trading. THE Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures rose 22 points, or 0.05%, as of 7:43 p.m. EDT. Futures contracts linked to S&P500 fell 0.09%, while Nasdaq 100 Futures Contracts fell 0.03%.
Last week’s December jobs report exceeded expectationsnon-farm payrolls marking the strongest growth since March. However, this raised concerns about the pace of interest rate cuts, triggering a sell-off.
This week, investors will focus on key inflation data, such as the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index for December.
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Analyst Ratings: Legendary Trader Pierre Brandt noted a head and shoulders chart pattern for Bitcoin, suggesting it could either end, fail as a bear trap, or turn into a broader pattern.
A bearish pattern shows a baseline with three peaks, with the middle peak being the highest, indicating a reversal of an uptrend.
Ali Martinez, a widely followed cryptocurrency analyst and trader, drew attention to key Bitcoin resistance levels between $97,000 and $99,500, where over a million addresses purchased 1.22 million BTC .
“Crossing this level could be crucial! » added Martinez.
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