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Shivdeep Dhaliwal

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Hold Firm: Can The Apex Crypto Build On Recent Breakout?

Bitcoin and other major coins were firmer on Monday night, as the global cryptocurrency market cap inched up 0.1% to $2.2 trillion at press time.

Price Performance Of Major Coins
Coin 24-hour 7-day Price
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) 1.45% -1.6% $46,594.94
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) 0.7% 4.8% $3,515.46
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) 2.7% 3% $0.15
Top 24-Hour Gainers (Data via CoinMarketCap)
Cryptocurrency 24-Hour % Change (+/-) Price
Celo (CELO) 29.9% $4.84
Audius (AUDIO) +22.8% $1.73
Mina (MINA) +11.8% ​​$3.13

See Also: How To Buy Bitcoin (BTC)

Why It Matters: On Monday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended their sessions higher by 0.8% and 1.9%, respectively. 

Cryptocurrencies continue to have a close correlation with other risk assets like stocks. The correlation is stronger in the case of Ethereum than Bitcoin, according to the financial market data platform Santiment.

“[Ethereum], not [Bitcoin], is the top asset staying tightly correlated to the [S&P 500] performance. And since the [Federal Open Market Committee or FOMC] announcement 3 weeks ago, this has been good news for [ETH],” said the platform in a tweet.  

 

ETH Price Correlation With S&P 500, Gold — Source Santiment

Cryptocurrency trader Michaël van de Poppe tweeted on Thursday that Ethereum has run into the “next resistance,” adding that a correction could happen around the $3,200 range.

On-chain analysis firm Glassnode said in a weekly blog that both discrete public buyers and the wider market have been piling on Bitcoin this week. The firm shared the “Accumulation Trend Score," a tool that tracks on-chain balance change in the market at large. Values near 1 indicate whales or market entities are adding to balances.

“This week returned a consistent stream of values upwards of 0.65, which indicates a general trend of accumulation is underway,” said Glassnode. 

Bitcoin Accumulation Trend Score — Courtesy Glassnode

Craig Erlam, a senior market analyst at OANDA, said Bitcoin was “choppy” in the last week after breaking through resistance.

“[Bitcoin] could still build on that breakout but it may be more of a grind than we've seen in the past, given the current environment,” said the analyst, in a note seen by Benzinga.

Read Next: This Crypto Skyrocketed 210% Last Week, Leaving Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Nowhere In Sight

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