Market picture
Crypto
market capitalisation rose 1.4% over the last 24 hours to $1.138 trillion.
After quiet trading on Monday, most gains came on Tuesday morning. The timing
of the move is due to news on the US debt ceiling, where there is no deal yet,
but Biden notes progress in negotiations. Ether is up 2.3% at $1856, with the
top altcoins gaining between 0.3% (Solana) and 3% (Polygon).
Bitcoin is
up 1.6% over the past day to $27.3K and earlier today climbed close to $27.5K,
the upper end of the range since the 15th. Despite the positive momentum, the
daily timeframes remain bearish, with Bitcoin trading below $27.5K.
According to
CoinShares, investments in cryptocurrency funds fell for the fifth consecutive
week to $32 million last week, with bitcoin investments down $33 million and
Ethereum investments down $1 million. Investment in funds that allow shorts on
Bitcoin fell by $1.3 million.
According to
Santiment, the number of BTC and ETH on exchanges has fallen to its lowest
level in several years, which is seen as a sign of an attitude towards
long-term holding.
News background
Mott Capital
Management founder Michael Kramer warned that Bitcoin could fall to $20K.
According to him, BTC is a leading indicator for all risky assets, so its
decline would be negative for the stock market.
Anthony
Scaramucci, founder of hedge fund SkyBridge Capital, believes that the actual
value of Bitcoin should now be $40K. According to him, we are now witnessing a
global proliferation of BTCs, similar to what happened in the late 1990s with
the rise of the internet.
Cryptocurrency
platform Bakkt is considering expanding its business in Europe in light of the
Crypto Asset Market Regulation Act (MiCA) passed in April. Bakkt currently only
offers services in the US.
US lawmakers
have drafted a bipartisan bill prohibiting the Fed from issuing the digital
dollar (CBDC). Lawmakers cited Americans’ right to financial privacy.
This article was written by FxPro’s Senior Market Analyst Alex Kuptsikevich.