Omicron uncertainty continues to spook cryptocurrency markets
It was a quiet weekend in the crypto markets, with the US Federal Reserve’s long-awaited decision on pandemic stimulus efforts bringing a degree of certainty that’s been lacking lately and apparently settling hotter heads.
Bitcoin is down slightly today, falling almost two per cent over the past 24 hours to just above the $46k mark. The leading cryptocurrency has dropped in value by about five per cent in the last week.
Last weeks’ announcement by the Fed hasn’t ended the uncertainty though, with tighter restrictions increasingly looking likely as governments try to dull the impact of the Omicron Covid variant. The FTSE 100, a share index of the 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, is set for a 1.9 per cent decline on opening, while Germany’s Dax benchmark index and France’s Cac 40 are looking at drops of around 2.4 per cent.
It’s worse news down the rankings, with other major cryptocurrencies seeing more significant price drops. Ethereum is down by three per cent since yesterday morning to around $3,800. The overall crypto market is down by about one per cent in the last 24 hours and is currently valued at $2.15 trillion.
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Total crypto market cap
The total capitalisation of the entire cryptocurrency market at time of writing is currently $2,167,566,273,160.
What Bitcoin did yesterday
We closed yesterday, December 19 2021, at a price of $46,707.01, down from $46,848.78 the day before. The daily high yesterday was $48,089.66 and the daily low was $46,502.95.
This time last year, the price of Bitcoin closed the day at $23,477.30. In 2019, it closed at $7,218.82.
Bitcoin market capitalisation
Bitcoin’s market capitalisation at time of writing is $880.81 billion. To put it into context, the market cap of gold is $11.449 trillion and Tesla is $936.54 billion.
Bitcoin volume
The total spot trading volume reported by all exchanges over the last 24 hours was
$27,707,170,491. 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 57.49%.
Fear and Greed Index
Market sentiment today is 25, in Extreme Fear.
Bitcoin’s market dominance
Bitcoin’s market dominance today is 40.69. Its lowest ever recorded dominance was 37.09 on January 8 2018.
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
The daily RSI is currently 36.90. 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.
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