Bitcoin holding steady at $50,000 as Cardano’s ADA soars to yet another all-time high
Crypto at a glance
The shockwaves continue to reverberate on social media from Elon Musk’s announcement late Wednesday night that Tesla would no longer accept Bitcoin due to energy concerns, but with the price holding strong at $50,000 the big question now is: does anyone else really care?
Has the cryptocurrency industry outgrown the random warblings of an unpredictable and easily-bored billionaire?
The immediate aftermath of Musk’s meltdown saw Bitcoin’s sharpest drop for four months, falling more than 13 per cent in a day. However, things seem to have settled quickly and it appears support at $50,000 is holding strong. The leading cryptocurrency by market cap is currently trading at $50,039.48, down 1.74 per cent over the last 24 hours.
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While Musk’s various statements have given Bitcoin a couple of timely boosts on its way up, experts seem unshaken by the revelations and it seems the same may not be true in the other direction. Bloomberg Intelligence commodity strategist Mike McGlone, for one, wrote on Thursday that: “Elon Musk saying Tesla is suspending purchases using Bitcoin doesn’t shake our thesis that the crypto is in early price discovery days on its way to becoming the global digital reserve asset in a world of accelerating digitalization and electrification.”
There’s limited movement generally today, with Ethereum also down again below $4,000 to just below $3,9000, though it’s still up more than 11 per cent on the week. Several cryptocurrencies actually seem to have benefited from Musk’s announcement, particularly those boasting stronger green credentials. Cardano (ADA) surged yesterday to a high of $1.96, catapulting its market capitalisation to roughly $61.5 billion and making it again the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Can it break $2?
Other big winners are Dogecoin, which was again the recipient of Musk’s good will as he claimed he was working with developers to improve the technology, despite cynics noting a lack of apparent developers. Will he succeed in making Doge more than just a joke?
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Total crypto market cap
The total capitalisation of the entire cryptocurrency market at time of writing is currently, down from $2,313,221,177,3538 yesterday.
What Bitcoin did yesterday
We closed yesterday, May 13 2021, at a price of $49,716.19, up from $49,150.53 the day before.
The daily high yesterday was $51,330.84 and the daily low was $46,980.02.
This time last year, the price of Bitcoin closed the day at $9,269.99. In 2019, it closed at $7,814.92.
Bitcoin market capitalisation
Bitcoin’s market capitalisation at time of writing is $931.38 billion, down from $955.22 billion yesterday. To put that into context, the market cap of gold is $11.656 trillion and Alphabet (Google) is $1.502 trillion.
Bitcoin volume
The total spot trading volume reported by all exchanges over the last 24 hours was $76,444,737,884, down from $96,611,770,408 yesterday. High volumes can indicate that a significant price movement has stronger support and is more likely to be sustained.
Volatility
The price volatility of Bitcoin over the last 30 days is 64.17%.
Fear and Greed Index
Market sentiment today is at 26, down from 31 yesterday.
Bitcoin’s market dominance
Bitcoin’s market dominance today is 41.71, down from 42.08 yesterday. Its lowest ever recorded dominance was 37.09 on January 8 2018.
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
The daily RSI is currently 38.05, down from 40.41 yesterday. 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.
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“The source of electricity is increasing from solar and wind, which are cost effective. On a global scale, electricity is going renewable.”
– Mark McGlone, Bloomberg Intelligence commodity strategist
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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.
All information is correct as of 08:30am GMT.