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Monday 19 June 2023 11:03 am

Bitcoin and Ethereum take a breather after a busy week for crypto markets

By: Crypto AM Daily with James Bowater | Crypto Insider

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Bitcoin is sitting comfortably above $26k and trading sideways this morning. This follows a busy week in the markets as the flagship cryptocurrency’s price climbed following a pause on rate hikes and big news from BlackRock – the largest asset manager globally that it will attempt to launch a Bitcoin ETF in the US. 

Ethereum’s Ether is trading in line with BTC, hovering around $1.7k, while the majority of crypto markets are trading slightly downwards. 

The BlackRock announcement is a big deal for crypto, say market commentators. It will introduce much-needed liquidity into the market and bring legitimacy to the industry. Now just to get it approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has so far rejected every BTC ETF application brought before them.

Friday’s Crypto AM Daily

In the Markets

The Bitcoin Economy

*Data can be found at https://terminal.bytetree.com/

Total crypto market cap

The total capitalisation of the entire cryptocurrency market this morning was $1.065 billion.

What Bitcoin did yesterday

Bitcoin closed yesterday at $26,336. The daily high yesterday was $26,675, and the low was $26,325.

Bitcoin market capitalisation

Bitcoin’s market capitalisation this morning was $513.081 billion. To put it into context, the market cap of gold is $12.986 trillion and Visa is $479.42 billion.  

Bitcoin volume

The total spot trading volume reported by all exchanges over the last 24 hours was $9.127 billion.

Fear and Greed Index

Fear and Greed is 47, today, in Neutral.. 

Bitcoin’s market dominance

Bitcoin’s market dominance today is 49.73. Its lowest ever recorded dominance was 37.09 on January 1 2018.

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

The daily RSI is currently 45. Values of 70 or above indicate that an asset is becoming overbought and may be primed for a trend reversal or experience a correction in price – an RSI reading of 30 or below indicates an oversold or undervalued condition. 

What they said yesterday

BlackRock is trying its hand at potentially getting the first spot-Bitcoin ETF launched in the US https://t.co/En1y6DjLHo

— Bloomberg Crypto (@crypto) June 17, 2023

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Reform sidelines crypto industry at pivotal conference

Nigel Farage and another man on stage discussing crypto and UK reform, with Bitcoin on screen.

We share tips, stories and ideas on how to encourage others to try Bitcoin for the first time. And, thanks to support from Luno, each Pioneer gets £500 of Bitcoin a month to share with beginners, helping them get started.

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Three-in-four wealth managers are gearing up for more cryptocurrency exposure

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Crypto.com granted FCA licence to operate in UK

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Q&A with Duncan Coutts, Principal Technical Architect at IO Global

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Jamie Bartlett – on the trail of the missing ‘Cryptoqueen’

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MPs are falling silent over potential of cryptocurrency

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Erica’s ‘Crypto Wars’ handed honours in Business Book Awards

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Crypto AM: Features 

Crypto AM: Founders Series 

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Crypto AM: Industry Voices 

Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao, CEO of Binance

Crypto AM: Contributors 

Crypto AM: In Conversation with James Bowater

Charles Hoskinson and James Bowater landscape

Crypto AM: Tomorrow’s Money with Gavin S Brown

Tomorrow's Money with Gavin S Brown

Crypto AM: Mixing in the Metaverse with Dr Chris Kacher

Dr Chris Kacher Mixing in the Metaverse

Crypto AM: Visions of the Future, Past & Present with Alex Lightman 

Alex Lightman Visions of the future, past and present

Crypto AM: Tiptoe through the Crypto with Monty Munford 

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Crypto AM: Taking a Byte out of Digital Assets with Jonny Fry

Jonny Fry Taking a Byte out of Digital Assets

Crypto on the catwalk

Stefania Barbaglio Crypto on the Catwalk

Crypto AM: Events

Cautionary Notes

It’s definitely tempting to get swept up in the excitement, but please heed these words of caution: Do your own research, only invest what you can afford, and make good decisions. The indicators contained in this article will hopefully help in this. Remember though, the content of this article is for information purposes only and is not investment advice or any form of recommendation or invitation. Morning Wire, Crypto AM and Luno always advise you to obtain your own independent financial advice before investing or trading in cryptocurrency.

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