Bitcoin market spots a green light at the end of a long and dark tunnel
Crypto at a glance
There’s a splash of green across the boards this morning, as most major cryptocurrencies recover from recent losses.
Bitcoin is up two per cent over the last 24 hours, currently changing hands for around $32,500 and still within a now-very-well-established-indeed-thank-you-very-much range between $30-40k. Ethereum is also up, rising four per cent to $1,950 and pushing back to the $2,000 level it held for so long until Monday.
Today’s big gainer is Solana (SOL), which is currently up almost 10 per cent to $30. The 14th largest cryptocurrency by market cap is a blockchain that was designed for highly scalable decentralised applications (dApps). It’s still down more than 14 per cent over the past seven days.
The switch to positive price movement corresponds with a rise across traditional markets, with analysts crediting assurances by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that he’s still not seeing “substantial further progress” on an economic recovery. This could signal that the US central bank will keep monetary stimulus going for the time being.
The big story to watch out for today is the long-awaited introduction of a new Bitcoin law into Paraguay’s legislature. The bill follows a wave of excitement surrounding Central and South America’s interest in cryptocurrency, which was sparked by El Salvador’s recent decision to make Bitcoin legal tender. There’s no suggestion that this bill will go to similar lengths, Congressman Carlos Rejala, who is presenting the bill, told Reuters that: “It is a bill of digital assets and it differs from that of El Salvador because they are taking it as legal currency and in Paraguay it will be impossible to do something like that.”
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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 $1,329,963,200,956.
What Bitcoin did yesterday
We closed yesterday, July 14 2021, at a price of $32,822.35, up from $32,702.03, the day before.
The daily high yesterday was $33,061.40 and the daily low was $31,639.12.
This time last year, the price of Bitcoin closed the day at $9,192.84. In 2019, it closed at $10,895.09.
Bitcoin market capitalisation
Bitcoin’s market capitalisation at time of writing is $610.47 billion. To put it into context, the market cap of gold is $11.641 trillion and Facebook is $985.69 billion.
Bitcoin volume
The total spot trading volume reported by all exchanges over the last 24 hours was $19,977,822,169, down from $20,653,257,032 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 62.83%.
Fear and Greed Index
Market sentiment today is 20.
Bitcoin’s market dominance
Bitcoin’s market dominance today is 46.36, Its lowest ever recorded dominance was 37.09 on January 8, 2018.
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
The daily RSI is currently 42.10. 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
“We want the regulators and banks to also participate so that Paraguayans or foreigners can operate with these assets legally, because we know that illegal transactions exist here and in other countries. We want to be a crypto-friendly country.”
– Carlos Antonio Rejala Helman, the Deputy of Paraguay
What they said yesterday
New Spike Lee joint…
New Paraguay joint…
New money joint…
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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. CityAM, 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