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Tuesday 02 November 2021 11:30 am  |  Updated:  Thursday 04 November 2021 9:57 am

Bitcoin price steady at $63k as Polkadot steals march

By: Crypto AM Daily with James Bowater | Crypto Insider

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The price of Bitcoin continues to hover around the $63k mark today, up almost $1,000 from 24 hours e

The price of Bitcoin continues to hover around the $63k mark today, up almost $1,000 from 24 hours earlier. Ethereum has likewise seen reasonable price activity since yesterday morning, currently changing hands for just below $4,460 – up 2.5 per cent.

The slow start to November is in stark contrast to last month, which saw both Bitcoin and Ethereum increase in price by almost 30%. The fourth quarter of the year is historically when the most significant price activity has taken place, but will that hold true?

There’s more excitement down the ranks, with Polkadot (DOT) surging more than 10% over the last day to nearly $50. It’s less good news for memecoin Shiba Inu (SHIB), which has dropped four per cent – nowhere near erasing its remarkable recent gains though. SHIB is still up almost 70% over the past seven days.

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Total crypto market cap

The total capitalisation of the entire cryptocurrency market at time of writing is currently $2,661,537,581,202, up from $2,649,122,897,110 yesterday.

What Bitcoin did yesterday

We closed yesterday, November 1 2021, at a price of $61,004.41, down from $61,318.96 the day before. The daily high yesterday was $62,419.00 and the daily low was $59,695.18. 

This time last year, the price of Bitcoin closed the day at $13,550.49. In 2019, it closed at $9,324.72. 

Bitcoin market capitalisation

Bitcoin’s market capitalisation at time of writing is $1.163 trillion. To put it into context, the market cap of gold is $11.404 trillion and Meta (Facebook) is $917.92 billion. 

Bitcoin volume

The total spot trading volume reported by all exchanges over the last 24 hours was $35,432,537,643 yesterday, up from $34,876,173,996  the day before. 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 41.55%.

Fear and Greed Index

Market sentiment today is 73.

Bitcoin’s market dominance

Bitcoin’s market dominance today is 43.84. Its lowest ever recorded dominance was 37.09 on January 8 2018.

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

The daily RSI is currently 59.03. 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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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. City PM, 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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