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Tuesday 21 September 2021 11:09 am  |  Updated:  Saturday 30 October 2021 11:39 pm

Rocky start to the week continues in crypto markets

By: Crypto AM Daily with James Bowater | Crypto Insider

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Crypto at a glance

The crypto market’s rocky start to the week continues this morning, with the total value falling to its lowest level in over a month at just below $1.9 trillion.

The Bitcoin price tumbled to less than $43,000 yesterday, where it’s still currently changing hands. It’s now down almost 15 per cent from weekend highs of more than $48k. Ethereum (ETH) has also dropped two per cent over the last 24 hours, though the price of ETH continues to hold above $3k.

There are some shoots of green, with Solana and Cardano both showing signs of recovery after recent heavy losses. Largely though, cryptocurrency markets still seem to be following in the steps of faltering stock markets, which also saw heavy falls yesterday during the worst session for a couple of months. European markets have opened higher this morning, but will Bitcoin follow in recovery?

Bitcoin analysts appear divided as to whether this is a result of wider market conditions or part of the cycle, with some claiming that it is the end of a recent dead cat bounce after May’s crash or a predicted blip on the way to new all-time highs.

Similar dips were seen in 2013 and 2017 in the run up to new all-time highs, and models such as those by Plan B have actually predicted similar price movements.


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Total crypto market cap

The total capitalisation of the entire cryptocurrency market at time of writing is currently $1,902,858,690,180. 

What Bitcoin did yesterday

We closed yesterday, 20 September 2021, at a price of $42,843.80, down from $47,260.22 the day before. The daily high yesterday was $47,328.20 and the daily low was $42,598.92. 

This time last year, the price of Bitcoin closed the day at $$10,938.27. In 2019, it closed at $10,181.64. 

Bitcoin market capitalisation

Bitcoin’s market capitalisation at time of writing is $807.69 billion. To put it into context, the market cap of gold is $11.194 trillion and Facebook is $1.002 trillion. 

Bitcoin volume

The total spot trading volume reported by all exchanges over the last 24 hours was $46,982,093,703, up from $29,620,511,565 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 49.22%.

Fear and Greed Index

Market sentiment today is 27, back in Fear.

Bitcoin’s market dominance

Bitcoin’s market dominance today is 41.86, down from 42.25 yesterday, Its lowest ever recorded dominance was 37.09 on January 8 2018.

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

The daily RSI is currently 39.25, down from 46.18. 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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