The cryptocurrency market tried to catch up to Bitcoin after it pushed up yesterday. Bitcoin is currently trading for $11,938, which represents an increase of 1.26% on the day. Meanwhile, Ethereum gained 1.27% on the day, while XRP lost 4.73%.
Daily Crypto Sector Heat Map
When talking about top100 cryptocurrencies, yearn.finance gained 50.03% on the day, making it the most prominent daily gainer. JUST (39.71%) and Terra (28.27%) also did great. On the other hand, Balancer lost 13.90%, making it the most prominent daily loser. It is followed by Band Protocol’s loss of 9.52% and iExec RLC’s loss of 6.35%.
Top 10 24-hour Performers (Click to enlarge)
Bottom 10 24-hour Performers (Click to enlarge)
Bitcoin’s dominance level has decreased slightly since we last reported, with its value currently at 61.22%. This value represents a 0.56% difference to the downside when compared to yesterday’s value.
Daily Crypto Market Cap Chart
The cryptocurrency market cap has increased since we last reported. Its current value is $363.58 billion, which represents an increase of $0.89 billion when compared to yesterday’s value.
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What happened in the past 24 hours?
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- Bitcoin’s Hash Rate Remains Flat Despite Major Price Rally (Cointelegraph)
- IOTA Revs Its Engines for Mainnet Upgrade Launch (Cointelegraph)
- After Tumultuous Election, Belarus Goes Offline (Coindesk)
- Ethereum and other top altcoins could soon surge yet again: here’s why (Cryptoslate)
- yEarn Finance Token YFI Gains 50% After Listing on Binance (Cryptobriefing)
- Ethereum Whale Pushed ETH Prices to $450 on Uniswap (Cryptobriefing)
- Report: European agency declines deal between Binance’s CZ and Union Bank (The Block)
- Coinbase hires Lyft and Google alum to lead engineering team (The Block)
- Facebook launches group to oversee “all things payments” with David Marcus at the helm (The Block)
- DEX protocol Uniswap added nearly 58,000 users in July (The Block)
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Technical analysis
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Bitcoin
Bitcoin has spent the day trying to regain what’s been lost after the failed attempt to break the $12,000 mark. However, the price doesn’t seem like it will be able to push past this level unless a surge in volume and bull pressure happens. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is locked between $11,630 and $12,000. When it comes to moves towards the downside, Bitcoin is well protected by the 21-period and 50-period moving averages.
BTC traders should look for an opportunity when BTC makes another push and breaks $12,000.
BTC/USD 4-hour Chart
Technical factors:
- Price is currently above its 50-period EMA, as well as its 21-period EMA
- Price between its middle B.B (20-period SMA) and its top B.B.
- RSI is neutral (56.12)
- Volume is decreasing
Key levels to the upside Key levels to the downside
1: $12,000 1: $11,630
2: $12,330 2: $11,460
3: $13180 3: $11,090
Ethereum
Ethereum was quite stable in the past 24 hours, making small gains in an attempt to catch up to Bitcoin’s gains that happened yesterday. However, if we take a look at this month’s price movement, we can interpret the moves as a triangle formation, which will make a breakout very soon. It is more likely that the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap will break the triangle formation towards the downside unless Bitcoin’s move pushes it up.
Traders should look for a trade opportunity when Ethereum breaks the formation.
ETH/USD 4-hour Chart
Technical Factors:
- Price is above its 21-period EMA and its 50-period EMA
- Price is slightly below its top B.B.
- RSI is neutral (56.42)
- Volume decreasing
Key levels to the upside Key levels to the downside
1: $400 1: $361
2: $415 2: $340
3: $496 3: $302
Ripple
XRP is the cryptocurrency that gained the most in the past 24 hours (when compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum) as its price increased close to 5% on the day. The third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap made another push towards the $0.31 resistance level, but the move failed to even reach the level, let alone break it.
Traders can look for an opportunity to trade XRP within the range it is currently in.
XRP/USD 4-hour Chart
Technical factors:
- Price is above its 21-period and 50-period EMA
- Price is above its top B.B.
- RSI is slightly elevated (58.52)
- Low volume (slightly increased)
Key levels to the upside Key levels to the downside
1: $0.31 1: $0.285
2: $0.32 2: $0.266
3: $0.3328 3: $0.245
One reply on “Daily Crypto Review, August 11 – yEarn Finance Token Explodes After Binance Listing; BTC Hashrate Unaffected by the Price Upswing”
wow big move there