Major coins were seen in the green on Thursday evening as the global cryptocurrency market cap rose 3.2% to $1.2 trillion at the time of writing. Price Performance Of Major Coins Coin 24-hour 7-day Price Bitcoin BTC/USD 3.4% 12.7% $28,231.12 Ethereum ETH/USD 4.3% 8.3% $1,811.60 Dogecoin DOGE/USD 4.35% -6.9% $0.08 Top 24-Hour Gainers (Data via CoinMarketCap) Cryptocurrency 24-Hour % Change (+/-) Price Mask Network (MASK) +19.1% $6.20 Dash (DASH) +10.4% $63.51 Zcash (ZEC) +10.3% ??$38.24
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Why It Matters: Ethereum, the second-largest coin by market cap, saw larger gains over 24 hours thanBitcoin at the time of writing.
Cryptocurrencies were buoyant on a day when the tech-heavy Nasdaq closed over 1% in the green. However, at the time of writing, U.S. stock futures were largely flat as equity investors shifted their attention back to the U.S. banking crisis.
The post-Fed selloff came from [Janet Yellens] comment that they havent looked at backing all bank deposits with FDIC insurance.This was bad news for the banks and contagion fears, said Edward Moya, a senior market analyst with OANDA.
Moya said, in a note seen by Benzinga, that Bitcoin needs a fresh catalyst to break above the $30,000 mark.
Bitcoin is facing major resistance at the $30,000 level. The recent crypto rally has been fueled by bank runs that have led many to become skeptical of traditional banking given all the vulnerabilities with deposit flights.
Jack Dorsey-led Block Inc SQ shares fell heavily on Thursday after Hindenburg Research put out a bearish report on the Bitcoin-centric company. The short seller alleged that Block intentionally misled investors by disguising predatory loans and fees as technology.
Block called the report misleading and said it intends to work with the Securities and Exchange Commission and explore legal action against Hindenburg for its factually inaccurate and misleading publication.
Michal van de Poppe said that he would like to see an area at $27,700 hold for continuation. If lost, then I'd still be looking at $25,300-25,800 for longs before [$40,000], said the Amsterdam-based trader.
Yes, test of the highs it is for #Bitcoin after breaking $27,800.
Would like to see the area at $27,700 hold for continuation.
If lost, then Id still be looking at $25,300-25,800 for longs before $40K.
Overall thesis remains like that. pic.twitter.com/LwGAhNUQxL Michal van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) March 23, 2023
On Ethereum, Justin Bennett said that everything hinges on $1,680 and he said that this was arguably the most significant level for the Vitalik Buterin co-founded cryptocurrency.
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On the Altcoin side, several large transactions among the biggest of the year for their respective networks have been noted by Santiment. The market intelligence platform said that both Polygon (MATIC) and Fetch.ai (FET) have seen a transaction valued at over $40 million on their networks. Other Altcoins that have seen large whale moves include Decentraland (MANA), DIA (DIA), Immutable (IMX), and The Sandbox (SAND).
#Altcoins have lit up with several transactions among the biggest of the year for their respective networks. $MATIC and $FET have both seen a transaction valued at over $40M on their networks. Watch $MANA, $DIA, $IMX, and $SAND after their big whale moves as well. ? pic.twitter.com/8zzF8TxqhG Santiment (@santimentfeed) March 23, 2023
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