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Good afternoon, and welcome to Market Wrap. I'm Glenn Williams Jr., crypto markets analyst with CoinDesk, here to take you through the day's crypto market highlights and news. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or comments at glenn.williams@coindesk.com or on Twitter @GWilliamsJr_CMT. In today's newsletter: Price Action: BTC price reclaims $20,000 mark. Technical Take: Shorts in control for the moment, but BTC appears undervalued
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Bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) traded in positive territory on Wednesday. - Bitcoin rose 2% on the day, surpassing volume from the prior day, and settling above $20,000. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap recovered part of its losses from Monday, but remains 11% below its 50-day exponential moving average (EMA).
- Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, traded in concert with BTC, rising 3% on average trading volume when compared with its 20-day moving average. ETH's price is 5% below its 50-day EMA.
Global Macro: The macroeconomic calendar was busy, but didn't appear to have a big effect on cryptocurrency prices. Germany's harmonized unemployment rate of 2.9% matched estimates. July import prices increased by 28.9%, slightly below expectations. The U.S. weekly petroleum status report showed declines of 3.3 million barrels of oil, compared with the expected 1.48 million barrel decrease. ADP employment data showed that private businesses hired 132,000 new employees in August, 50% below July's figure, and 60% below the average of the prior three months. August's figure was the smallest gain since January 2021, indicating that the Federal Reserve's policy of increased rates may be having a cooling effect on the economy. Altcoins traded higher on Wednesday, with polkadot (DOT) increasing 0.55%, Polygon's MATIC token up 3% and AVAX up 0.25%. U.S. Equities: The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite all traded down slightly on Wednesday, at least partly because of the tepid ADP jobs figure. The DJIA, Nasdaq and S&P 500 fell 0.9%, 0.6% and 0.8% respectively.
Commodities: Despite the larger-than-expected decline in inventories, crude oil prices fell 3% on Tuesday, while natural gas rose by 1.2%. Copper futures dropped for a third consecutive day, falling 1%, while the price of gold declined 0.9%
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●Bitcoin (BTC): $20,196 +1.2% ●Ether (ETH): $1,570 +1.7% ●S&P 500 daily close: 3,955.00 −0.8% ●Gold: $1,722 per troy ounce −0.1% ●Ten-year Treasury yield daily close: 3.13% +0.02 Bitcoin, ether and gold prices are taken at approximately 4pm New York time. Bitcoin is the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (XBX); Ether is the CoinDesk Ether Price Index (ETX); Gold is the COMEX spot price. Information about CoinDesk Indices can be found at coindesk.com/indices. |
BTC Bears in Control, but Uncertainty Remains |
Bitcoin traded 1.34% higher on Tuesday, but both technical and on-chain analytics imply uncertainty. BTC's daily candle indicated an "inside day," where the trading range is smaller than the prior day's. An inside day can indicate lower price volatility as well as a lack of conviction among traders. The price range consolidation can signal that prices are set to break out from their current trading range. On-chain data shows that BTC funding rates remain negative, indicating that bearish investors are paying bullish traders for the right to be short BTC. Funding rates have been negative for 11 out of the last 12 days, signaling that bearish sentiment is dominant at the moment. Glassnode's MVRV Z-Score is an on-chain tool that measures an asset's "fair value" to assess if the asset is overvalued (above 6.9) or undervalued (below 0.1). BTC's current Z-Score is -0.13, implying that prices are undervalued. Historically, BTC prices have moved higher following a negative score, but traders should be cautious to trade based on this metric alone. Technical data shows that BTC is trading 5% below its point of control price of $21,132, dating to January. Point of control represents a "high volume node," and is identified using the "volume profile visible range (VPVR) tool. The tool displays trading activity across price levels over time. Point of control also represents a price level with substantial activity and agreement on price. It highlights areas of support and/or resistance. In concert with an RSI (relative strength index) reading of 35 (above the overbought level of 30), traders may be expecting BTC to trade relatively flat in the near term, as BTC appears neither overbought nor oversold at the moment, with single-digit upside to its point of control.
Chartists are also likely interpreting conflicting signals. Bullish traders are likely viewing current prices' proximity to the double-bottom formation that occurred in July, and in turn expecting a bounce higher. Bearish traders are potentially viewing the identical chart formation as a "head- and-shoulders pattern, set to trade below $20,000 as its 10-period EMA continues to trend negative.
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The bitcoin/U.S. dollar daily chart along with its RSI metric (Glenn Williams Jr./TradingView) |
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