Bitcoin price whipsaws on first day of BTC ETF trading

January 12, 2024

THE first day of trading of the first spot Bitcoin ETF in the US concluded yesterday with a total of $4.6 billion traded. 

The price of Bitcoin whipsawed, posting a high of around $48,900 before pulling back to $45,900, where it continues to trade this morning. 

The Ethereum rally has cooled since yesterday with the original smart contracts crypto also dipping into the red, down by around 1% over 24 hours, with next-gen cryptos following a similar pattern.

In the Markets

Days to BTC Halving

105

Total crypto market cap

$1.76 trillion (+0.12%)

What Bitcoin did yesterday

 Daily high $48,923 |  Daily low $45,651

Bitcoin market capitalisation

$898.255 billion (-0.70%)

Bitcoin volume

$43.619 billion (-16.39%)

Ethereum staking entry queue

6 hours 15 minutes

SP500

-0.06%

Fear and Greed Index

73 (Greed) 

Bitcoin’s market dominance

52.41

Bitcoin Simple Moving Average (50) 

Value 33525.16 Buy  (TradingView)

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

58.40

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.

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Cautionary Notes

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