Crypto market surges to yearly high on spot Bitcoin ETF hints
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Bitcoin is trading for more than $34,475 this morning, up 12% overnight and in the green by 20% over seven days. Spot trading volume of the market leader has spiked by roughly 200%.
Ethereum has been buoyed by BTC’s rise and is up by 7.8% over 24 hours.
Other smart contract cryptocurrencies have followed number one and two by market cap. Solana (SOL) has gained more than 3%, while Cardano (ADA) is up by 6%. Polkadot (DOT) is in the green by 7%.
The market cap of all cryptocurrencies has climbed by more than 7% on the back of market activity. The rally coincides with indications that a Bitcoin spot ETF may be likely in future.
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Yesterday’s Crypto AM Daily
In the Markets
The Bitcoin Economy
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🌅Total crypto market cap
🔵 $1.26 trillion
🔺 8.42%
What Bitcoin did yesterday
🔺 Daily high $34,375
🔻 Daily low $29,891
Bitcoin market capitalisation
🟠 BTC $666.049 billion
🟡 Gold $13.084 trillion
💳 Visa $481.53 billion
Bitcoin volume
🪣 Total spot trading volume $48.51 billion
🔺 197.51%
Ethereum staking entry queue
💎6 hours 18 minutes
SP500
🔻 0.17%
FTSE/JSE Top 40
🔺 0.06%
Fear and Greed Index
Bitcoin’s market dominance
📊 53.94
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
💪 88.54
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, while 30 or below indicates an oversold or undervalued condition.
📣 What they said yesterday
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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 AM, Crypto AM and Luno always advise you to obtain your own independent financial advice before investing or trading in cryptocurrency.