Momentum is a powerful force
Crypto at a glance
With Jason Deane
In a week where we saw Peter Schiff say he wished he’d bought Bitcoin, we noted the USD money supply had increased by 37% over the last 18 months, the Bitcoin mining difficulty increased by over 13% and a record $188bn was transferred over one day on the Bitcoin network, it’s hard to deny things are changing fast.
Momentum is a powerful force and, once it builds, it’s truly hard to stop it and, to me, it looks like Bitcoin’s is growing daily.
There are still those who think that Bitcoin will ultimately not succeed and will be shut down by governments (or environmentalists), wiped out by a coordinated 51% attack, broken by quantum computing or replaced by some faster proof of stake coin. However, the reality is that the time has either passed for these events to happen, the threat is not as credible as it first seems or there is a contingency.
For example, the “Bitcoin is controlled by China and they will shut it down if they want to” narrative that was so popular over the last few years has all but dropped off the radar. Bitcoin is calmly crossing them off the list, one block at a time.
But it’s not true to say that Bitcoin is unstoppable. Even with all the development and adoption we’re seeing I think there’s still at least two scenarios where Bitcoin might crash and burn. I wrote about them earlier this week in this article.
So what does the future hold? No one knows for sure, but however it plays out there’s no question it’s a fascinating time to be alive!
Have a great Bank Holiday weekend!
Jason
The Crypto AM London Blockchain & DeFi Summit and Crypto AM Awards 2021
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Yesterday’s Crypto AM Daily in association with Luno
In the markets
The Bitcoin economy
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Total crypto market cap
The total capitalisation of the entire cryptocurrency market at time of writing is currently $2,019,148,489,105.
What Bitcoin did yesterday
We closed yesterday, 26 August, 2021, at a price of $48,960.79 up from $47,706.12 the day before.
The daily high yesterday was $49,202.88 and the daily low was $47,163.61
This time last year, the price of bitcoin closed the day at $11,488.36. In 2019, it closed at $10,370.82.
Bitcoin market capitalisation
Bitcoin’s market capitalisation at time of writing is $883.18 billion. To put it into context, the market cap of gold is $11.346 trillion and Facebook is $1.038 trillion.
Bitcoin volume
The total spot trading volume reported by all exchanges over the last 24 hours was $34,908,261,845, up from $31,845,570,556 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 46.97%.
Fear and Greed Index
Market sentiment today is 75.
Bitcoin’s market dominance
Bitcoin’s market dominance today is 44.60, Its lowest ever recorded dominance was 37.09 on January 8 2018.
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
The daily RSI is currently 56.63. 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
“Bitcoin to $50,000. Great news for bitcoin holders. Bad news for mom and pop. The primary reason I invest in bitcoin, gold, & silver is because I do not trust our leaders, the Fed, Treasury, nor the stock market. Unfortunately mom and pop who save money do.”
Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad author
What they said yesterday
Crypto AM editor’s pick
BlackRock backed crypto mining company sees record Q2 results
Bitcoin breaks $50,000 as magic Monday gives cryptocurrencies a green start to the week
Gibraltar to host first international post pandemic crypto event
CV Labs Partnership launches British crypto firm Evai onto Bittrex global exchange
Sudden rise of Solana takes crypto markets by surprise
OccamFi receives strategic investment from Cardano early stage VC Fund
Crypto AM: Longer Reads
City PM Markets: What is Decentralised Finance (DeFi) by Aave
Crypto AM: Conversation with James Bowater
Crypto AM: Market View in association with Ziglu
Crypto AM: Technically Speaking in association with Zumo
Crypto AM: A Trader’s View with TMG
Crypto AM: Tomorrow’s Money with Gavin S Brown
Crypto AM: Mixing in the Metaverse with Dr Chris Kacher
Crypto AM: Visions of the Future, Past & Present with Alex Lightman
Crypto AM Contributor: Jilian Godsil
Jonny Fry: Taking a Byte Out of Digital Assets
Crypto AM: Talking Legal
Crypto AM: Spotlight
Crypto AM: Founders Series
Crypto AM: Industry Voices
Crypto AM: Tiptoe through the Crypto with Monty Munford
Crypto AM: Definitively DeFi
Crypto AM Parliamentary Special
Part one of two – April 2021
Part two of two – April 2021
Crypto AM Events
For those of you who missed the Crypto AM DeFi & Digital Inclusion online summit – you can now watch the event in two parts via YouTube…
Part one…
Part two…
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