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The drawdown after the rebound: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, Solana, Polygon and Polkadot sell-off

By November 17, 2023DeFi
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Crypto markets have seen some volatility this week, with the price of Bitcoin dipping and spiking in the last few days. Following yesterday’s rally of 5%+, the market leader is down more than 3% on the day.

Ethereum is down almost 4%, trading a notch below the threshold of $2,000. Next-generation cryptos such as Solana, Polygon and Polkadot saw deeper drawdowns overnight.

Yesterday’s Crypto AM Daily

In the Markets

The Bitcoin Economy

*Data can be found at https://terminal.bytetree.com/

Total crypto market cap

� $1.39 trillion

3.47%

What Bitcoin did yesterday

� Daily high $37,907

� Daily low $35,561

Bitcoin market capitalisation

� BTC $709.361 billion

� Gold $13.199 trillion

� Visa $510.39 billion

Bitcoin volume

Total spot trading volume $26.223 billion

7.98%

Ethereum staking entry queue

0 minutes

SP500

0.12%

FTSE/JSE Top 40

0.19%

Fear and Greed Index

Bitcoin’s market dominance

52.23

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

57.01

Values of 70 or above indicate that an asset is becoming overbought and may be primed for a trend reversal or experience a correction in price, while 30 or below indicates an oversold or undervalued condition.

� What they said yesterday

“Our core remit is how to redesign the infrastructure on how to move money.” Umar Farooq, Financial Institution Payments Global Head, JP Morgan, commenting on its Onyx blockchain.

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Crypto.com granted FCA licence to operate in UK

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Q&A with Duncan Coutts, Principal Technical Architect at IO Global

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Jamie Bartlett – on the trail of the missing ‘Cryptoqueen’

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Crypto AM: Founders Series

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Crypto AM: Industry Voices

Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao, CEO of Binance
Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao, CEO of Binance

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Cautionary Notes

It’s definitely tempting to get swept up in the excitement, but please heed these words of caution: Do your own research, only invest what you can afford, and make good decisions. The indicators contained in this article will hopefully help in this. Remember though, the content of this article is for information purposes only and is not investment advice or any form of recommendation or invitation. City AM, Crypto AM and Luno always advise you to obtain your own independent financial advice before investing or trading in cryptocurrency.