The market is in green again and after the unexpected positive movement in all the charts yesterday, there is a question in the air and it is; how manipulable is the market and where these unexpected movements come from when it is evident that there is no important fundamental news especially in BTC which is the currency that moves the others?

General Overview

Live Crypto News:
Market Cap: $293.010.746.832
24h Vol: $13.905.498.839
BTC Dominance: 39.8%

The capitalization of the market continues to rise as well as the daily volume, this may mean that we could have a continuation of the increases if there is a strong enough push in the buyers.

Live Crypto News

TRON [TRX] the only double-digit gainer among top 50 [24 hrs].
Source: ambcrypto

‘Flaws’ in Japan’s Biggest Crypto Exchanges Will See Regulator’s Warnings
A handful of major Japanese exchanges including bitFlyer, Japan’s biggest and best-funded crypto trading platform, are facing business improvement orders from the country’s financial regulator and watchdog.
Source: ccn.com

‘A Moral Hazard’: Bank of Korea Opposes Central Bank Digital Currency
The Bank of Korea (BoK) has revealed it is against the idea of issuing a central bank digital currency following a feasibility review.
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Active Blockchain Projects in Use? Logistics is Overtaking Finance
Many predicted that finance would be among the first innovators in the blockchain. Harvard Business Review concluded that education about blockchain is no longer lacking in finance as it is in industries like manufacturing, predicting we’ll see finance projects finished first.
Source: ccn.com

Analysis

ETH/USD

Ethereum responded positively to the markets rise yesterday which represents gains of 7.37% in the last 24 Hours, after the breakout of the critical resistance of $520 the pair reached pivot R1 in $540 and at this moment is trying to cross this line. Nevertheless, the EMA of 100 periods is a little lower doing its job as strong resistance at this time. The RSI is in the overbought area as well as the Stochastic so the buyer impulse may be weakened in the next hours.

Market sentiment

ETH 4h chart bullish.

Oscillators are on the overbought zone.

Pivot points

R3 629.1 
R2 584.3 
R1 540.6 
P 494.7
S1 451.1 
S2 406.5 
S3 362.2

TRON/USD

TRON has gained 16.32% in the last 24 hours, apparently due to the negotiations that have already been made public about reports that founder Justin Sun is up to close a deal to acquire BitTorrent.

Now TRX is trading at $0.049, up from $0.041 from yesterday; the price has crossed the pivot R1 and now is trying to beat the EMA-100 after crossing the upper line of the descendant channel. If buyers pressure is strong enough the price should stay above the R1 for the next hours, waiting for a trend change that is not yet confirmed, the RSI and Stochastic indicators are in an overbought area which could send the price back to the channel.

Market sentiment

TRX 4H chart is showing Bullish.

Oscillators are on the overbought zone.

Pivot points

ADA/USD

ADA has gained 4.55% in the last 24H but has been moving within a narrow range in the last week, the price has not reacted to the latest news that says Cardano has been added to a tradable asset on eToro.

The support at $0.155 has been tested several times while the immediate resistance is at $0.1721. My appreciation for the pair is of a bearish continuation in the medium term, even though the indicators have already left the overbought area.

Market sentiment

ADA 4H chart is showing Bearish.

Oscillators are pointing up in and over the 50 level.

Pivot points

Conclusion

Live Crypto News: Difficult levels were overcome in the short term for many pairs but nothing is certain for the next sessions. Most of the cryptocurrencies are in green due to the unexpected yesterdays rise, but there is a lack of clarity about these movements and very likely the tendencies that were strong in the main pairs will be recovered; but if capital continues to enter the market it will help the main Cryptocurrencies to recover all the critical levels lost the last week.

Happenings in the Cryptoverse

Bitcoin Vs Altcoins: The Cryptocurrency field is in quite of a rough spot when it comes to price at the moment. With altcoins being pegged to the price of Bitcoin, any movement seems to affect cryptocurrencies globally. Why is this happening and what to do?

Why Are Altcoins Dropping In Price More Than Bitcoin?

If, however, Bitcoin is rising in price, they are winding up slower because traders are riding the wave that Bitcoin created. After the spike up happens, altcoins take over and people diversify their portfolios from the previous gains they had.

Bitcoin price manipulation or something else?

Is this price fall an “attack” on Bitcoin and all of the Cryptocurrencies, or something else?

As you know, I am very conservative when it comes to accusing someone of price manipulation. There is always (in a way) a form of price manipulation from the big holders, but it’s usually not to shut down an asset, but rather just to profit from it. Also, the MtGox trustee has been a great source of fear and FUD with people, which further decreased optimism when it comes to Crypto.

So, it is price manipulation?

Only a small part of the price drop (I believe) is price manipulation. Investors were panic selling every step of the way down. Ultimately, the biggest reason for the drop in the value of Cryptocurrencies is nothing else but levelling of expectations and capabilities.

People had great expectations from day 1 of investing, but the truth is that Cryptocurrencies (most of them) were not ready for mass adoption and mass use, especially Bitcoin. This situation made the Crypto field a speculative field rather than an objective one. The price drop that happened levelled the expectation that people had regarding what Blockchain and Crypto could do for the world, rather than just turn a dollar into a few more, or into none.