For the first time in 4 years, Fed cut the rates for the first time in 4 years, which lead to a notable surge in cryptocurrency prices.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin surged to $63,000 after a 5.4% surge in the past 24 hours, and has a trading volume of around $48 billion. The market cap reached $1.47 trillion.
The 1-day technical analysis from TradingView shows a rather bullish sentiment – the summary shows “buy” at 14, the moving averages point to “strong buy” at 13, and oscillators are “neutral” at 8.
The biggest gainer in the past 24 hours is the memecoin Popcat after a 35% surge.
The total crypto market cap soared 4.83%, reaching $2.16 trillion and the 24-hour trading volume surged by 23.5%.
According to data from CoinGlass, during the past day $200.97 million were liquidated from the market – $54.37 million in longs and $146.6 shorts.
U.S. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have experienced their most extended period of withdrawals since launching in January 2024, with over $5.5 billion in outflows over the past five weeks.
Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, has continued its aggressive Bitcoin accumulation, acquiring an additional 130 BTC for approximately $10.7 million.
South Korea’s central bank has ruled out adding Bitcoin to its national reserves, citing its extreme volatility as a key concern, according to a report by Korea Economic TV.
Bitcoin is struggling to break past $84,000, and with the U.S. stock market facing a sharp correction, bearish predictions are mounting.