The crypto market went into a consolidation phase over the weekend. Altcoins seem to move up slightly more than Bitcoin in these phases. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is currently trading for $9,372, which represents a 0.16% increase on the day. Meanwhile, Ethereum gained 1.55% on the day, while XRP went up 4.66%.
ICON took today’s most prominent daily gainer title with gains of 22.65%. On the other side, BitShares lost 9.72% on the day, which made it the most prominent daily loser.
Bitcoin’s dominance decreased significantly over the weekend. It is now at 65.30%, which represents a decrease of 0.56% when compared to the value it had yesterday.
The cryptocurrency market capitalization stayed at pretty much the same level over the weekend. It is currently valued at $261.34 billion, which represents an increase of $0.97 billion when compared to Friday’s value.
What happened in the past 24 hours
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Honorable mention
Cardano (ADA)
Cardano (ADA) seems to be on a green path, as its price is constantly rising. This is happening because of all the positive news surrounding it. Cardano’s co-founder and CEO of IOHK Charles Hoskinson announced building a new commercial strategy by partnering with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. This news was greeted well by the market participants, and the price of ADA surged over 30%.
Hoskinson claimed in an interview that once all the upgrades of the protocol are implemented, Cardano could become the most decentralized cryptocurrency the world has ever seen.
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Technical analysis
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Bitcoin
Bitcoin bulls tried to push the price above $9,500 over the weekend, but failed to do so on a couple ocasions. The largest cryptocurrency took the time after each failed attempt to establish its footing right around $9,300 levels. This is exactly where Bitcoin currently is, guided by the 14.6% Fib retracement from the move – usually not a well-respected retracement level. Bitcoin is currently trading between its nearest strong support of $9,251 and the $9,585 resistance level.
Bitcoin’s RSI is slowly reducing while its volume is average or slightly below.
Key levels to the upside Key levels to the downside
1: $9,585 1: $9,251
2: $9,732 2: $9,120
3: $10,000 3: $8,905
Ethereum
Unlike Bitcoin, Ethereum did not consolidate in the past 24 hours. The second-largest cryptocurrency managed to push over the next resistance in the line ($185) and push towards new highs. The move faded as the bulls could not break $193.6 resistance. Ethereum is now trading below the level of $193.6 and above the support of $185.
Ethereum’s volume increased slightly while it was running up in price. Its RSI level dropped out of overbought on the 4-hour chart and is now in the upper part of the value range.
Key levels to the upside Key levels to the downside
1: $193.6 1: $185
2: $198 2: $178.5
3: $167.8
Ripple
XRP was explosive today. Its price surged as the bulls gathered to break the resistance of $0.2454. The move was fast and extremely explosive and brought the price from $0.236 all the way up to $0.262. However, XRP moved slightly down as the bulls got exhausted. It is now consolidating in the middle of the range, somewhere around $0.25.
XRP’s volume was elevated during the move but quickly came to normal. Its RSI level is near the overbought territory.
Key levels to the upside Key levels to the downside
1: $0.266 1: $0.2454
2: $0.285 2: $0.235
3: $0.31 3: $0.227