Bitcoin and Ethereum traded lower on Wednesday evening as the global cryptocurrency market cap dropped 1.8% to $841.15 billion at 7:21 p.m. EST. Price Performance Of Major Coins Coin 24-hour 7-day Price Bitcoin BTC/USD -1.3% -1.75% $16,856.27 Ethereum ETH/USD -2.9% -4.75% $1,233.13 Dogecoin DOGE/USD -4.3% -10.5% $0.096 Top 24-Hour Gainers (Data via CoinMarketCap) Cryptocurrency 24-Hour % Change (+/-) Price Trust Wallet Token (TWT) +4.5% $2.44 GMX (GMX) +3.9% $52.13 Synthetix (SNX) +3.5% ??$1.97
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Why It Matters: Ahead of an expected 50 basis point rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve, risk assets came under pressure from nervous investors worried about a looming recession.
Bitcoin and Ethereum were seen trading lower while U.S. stock futures traded largely flat at the time of writing.
Investors will keep a lookout for the weekly jobless claim numbers on Thursday and a slew of corporate earnings data on the same day.
Bitcoin is down as risk appetite fades away on recession worries. Bitcoin has massive resistance at the $17,500 level and that should hold leading up to next weeks FOMC decision, said Edward Moya, a senior market analyst at OANDA.
Crypto could trade in ranges which might support intra-day volumes only. Long-term crypto bets that are waiting to be placed will require either a bullish fundamental trigger or a capitulation moment that has Bitcoin testing a key technical level."
Michal van de Poppe noted the mega moves by the apex coin. The trader said he cant wait for the breakout to $16,950 level.
Mega moves of #Bitcoin, cant wait for the breakout to $16,950. Michal van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) December 7, 2022
Whales and shark investors are piling on Ethereum to their reserves as the second-largest coins price fluctuates, said Santiment.
The market intelligence platform said that key shark and whale addresses holding 100 to 1 million ETH own two-thirds of Ethereums overall supply. They added 2.1% more collective coins to their stocks in the past month.
Whales and sharks are adding more #Ethereum while prices fluctuate around $1,230. The key shark and whale addresses (holding 100 to 1m $ETH) own two thirds of the coin’s overall supply, adding 2.1% more collective coins to their bags in the past month. https://t.co/BqEAkyWvxI pic.twitter.com/tHrVitHzIj Santiment (@santimentfeed) December 7, 2022
Bitcoins unspent transaction output (UTXO) volume estimated to have been purchased 1 week to 1 month rose sharply for the first time in the current bear market, said Dan Lim, an analyst with CryptoQuant.
Lim cited three instances in the past the 2015 bear market, the 2018 bear market and the current bear market when this movement took place at the bottom.
It took 1358 days in 2018, and 1444 days in 2022 to make this movement, noted the analyst.
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“The percentage of UTXO volume estimated to have been bought 1 week to 1 month increased sharply for the first time in this bear market.”
by @DanCoinInvestor
Linkhttps://t.co/IGvU4bsLmM CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) December 7, 2022
UTXO represents the amount of digital currency that remains after a cryptocurrency transaction has taken place. It is the cryptocurrency worlds equivalent of change.
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