Omicron uncertainty continues to spook cryptocurrency markets

Monday 20 December 2021 11:11 am

It was a quiet weekend within the crypto markets, with the US Federal Reserve’s long-awaited choice on pandemic stimulus efforts bringing a level of certainty that’s been missing recently and apparently settling hotter heads.

Bitcoin is down barely in the present day, falling nearly two per cent over the previous 24 hours to only above the $46k mark. The main cryptocurrency has dropped in worth by about 5 per cent within the final week.

Final weeks’ announcement by the Fed hasn’t ended the uncertainty although, with tighter restrictions more and more wanting possible as governments attempt to uninteresting the impression of the Omicron Covid variant. The FTSE 100, a share index of the 100 firms listed on the London Inventory Change, is about for a 1.9 per cent decline on opening, whereas Germany’s Dax benchmark index and France’s Cac 40 are taking a look at drops of round 2.4 per cent.

It’s worse information down the rankings, with different main cryptocurrencies seeing extra vital value drops. Ethereum is down by three per cent since yesterday morning to round $3,800. The general crypto market is down by about one per cent within the final 24 hours and is presently valued at $2.15 trillion.

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Complete crypto market cap

The full capitalisation of your complete cryptocurrency market at time of writing is presently $2,167,566,273,160.

What Bitcoin did yesterday

We closed yesterday, December 19 2021, at a value of $46,707.01, down from $46,848.78 the day earlier than. The day by day excessive yesterday was $48,089.66 and the day by day low was $46,502.95.

This time final 12 months, the value of Bitcoin closed the day at $23,477.30. In 2019, it closed at $7,218.82.

Bitcoin market capitalisation

Bitcoin’s market capitalisation at time of writing is $880.81 billion. To place it into context, the market cap of gold is $11.449 trillion and Tesla is $936.54 billion.

Bitcoin quantity

The full spot buying and selling quantity reported by all exchanges over the past 24 hours was

$27,707,170,491. Excessive volumes can point out {that a} vital value motion has stronger assist and is extra prone to be sustained.

Volatility

The worth volatility of Bitcoin over the past 30 days is 57.49%.

Worry and Greed Index

Market sentiment in the present day is 25, in Excessive Worry.

Bitcoin’s market dominance

Bitcoin’s market dominance in the present day is 40.69. Its lowest ever recorded dominance was 37.09 on January 8 2018.

Relative Energy Index (RSI)

The day by day RSI is presently 36.90. Values of 70 or above point out that an asset is turning into overbought and could also be primed for a pattern reversal or expertise a correction in value – an RSI studying of 30 or under signifies an oversold or undervalued situation.