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Tuesday 06 December 2022 11:00 am

Bitcoin losing its grip on $17k

By: Crypto AM Daily with James Bowater | Crypto Insider

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Crypto AM Daily - a roundup of today's market news

Cryptocurrencies are down today after yesterday’s green candles.

Bitcoin is down two percent this morning after failing to hold above the $17,000 line of resistance.

Ethereum is down 3.5% since yesterday, trading at $1,250. The rest of the crypto market has followed suit, evidenced by a 1.8% slip in the market cap of the entire industry, which is currently at $853.655 billion. 

The downward movement in the crypto markets is in line with what’s happening in traditional markets, as investors react to fresh data from the US, possibly spelling continued hawkish behaviour from the Fed for the foreseeable future. 

Yesterday’s Crypto AM Daily in association with Luno

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 at time of writing is currently $853.655 billion. 

What Bitcoin did yesterday

We closed yesterday, December 5 2022, at a price of $16,974. The daily high yesterday was $17,378, and the daily low was $16,922.

Bitcoin market capitalisation

Bitcoin’s market capitalisation at time of writing is $326.346 billion. To put it into context, the market cap of gold is $11.76 trillion and Tesla is $567.6 billion.

Bitcoin volume

The total spot trading volume reported by all exchanges over the last 24 hours was $19.277 billion. 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 52.27%.

Fear and Greed Index

Market sentiment today is 25, in Fear.

Bitcoin’s market dominance

Bitcoin’s market dominance today is 40.41. Its lowest ever recorded dominance was 37.09 on January 1 2018.

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

The daily RSI is currently 43.09. 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. 

Convince your Nan: Soundbite of the day

“History doesn’t repeat, but it can often rhyme. Bitcoin is 65% into its third halving epoch, and this current drawdown looks similar to those seen in prior cycles.”

Jack Neureuter, Research Analyst, Fidelity 

What they said yesterday

HODL ✊

1/4th of all #bitcoin has not moved in half a decade pic.twitter.com/BrLy448WcU

— Documenting ₿itcoin 📄 (@DocumentingBTC) December 6, 2022

Gaining the trust of institutions…

BREAKING: 🇧🇷 42,000 companies bought #Bitcoin or crypto in October – Brazil Tax Authority

— Bitcoin Archive (@BTC_Archive) December 5, 2022

Nice rhyme… 

History doesn't repeat, but it can often rhyme. #Bitcoin is 65% into its 3rd halving epoch, and this current drawdown looks similar to those seen in prior cycles. pic.twitter.com/QNcujEGdUh

— Jack Neureuter (@j_neureuter) December 5, 2022

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All feedback on Crypto AM Daily in association with Luno is welcome via email to [email protected] 🙏🏻

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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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‘Let people invest’: Matt Hancock makes case for liberal crypto rules

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Explained: Why the Treasury is so sold on stablecoins

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Fears crypto is used to avoid sanctions ‘misplaced,’ says Matt Hancock

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The cryptocurrency fundraisers behind Ukraine’s military effort

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Crypto AM: Features 

Crypto AM: Founders Series 

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https://morningwire.eu/profile/crypto-am-founders-series/

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

For those of you who missed the Crypto AM DeFi & Digital Inclusion online summit 2021 – you can now watch the event in two parts via YouTube

Part One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvqNMNZTIDE

Part Two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXhX_-Tr5j0

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 08:00 BST

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