Daily market update: “Nigeria leaves the USA behind in number of Bitcoin wallets downloads”

by Team Luno
· 2 minute read

Bitcoin has now been over $10,000 for the second-most consecutive days in its history at 29 days – its previous best was 63 days back in 2017. Will its run continue? Check out the latest metrics from across the world of Bitcoin and make your own mind up – everything you need is here, it’s just about putting the dots together.

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All information is correct as of 09:00am BST

Bitcoin price

We closed yesterday, 24 August 2020, at a price of $11,774.60 – with a daily high of $11,807.63 and a low of $11,623.25.

The closing price is the highest since 20 August, 2020. The price of Bitcoin has now stayed above $10,000 for the second-longest time in its history.

We’re 41.39% below Bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (17 December 2017).

As of today, buying bitcoin has been profitable for…

96.5% of all days since 2013-04-28.

Market capitalisation

Bitcoin’s market capitalisation as of yesterday was $217,477,962,650, up from $215,439,967,321 the day before. To put that into context, Jeff Bezos’s net worth is $188,500,000,000, which means he could only buy 86.68% of all Bitcoin. You can’t have everything, Jeff!

Bitcoin volume

The volume traded yesterday was $20,681,511,755. That’s the highest it’s been since 21 August 2020.

To put that into context, the highest ever 24-hour volume is $53,060,690,000, last year’s high was $29,060,690,000, and last year’s average was $15,060,690,000.

Bitcoin’s market dominance

Bitcoin’s market dominance stands at 61.23. Its lowest recorded dominance was 37.09 on 8 January, 2018.

Fear and Greed Index

We’re back down in the Greed zone at 75. We’ve only been below 75 once in August (72 on 4 August). Extreme fear can be a sign that investors are too worried, which could be a buying opportunity. When Investors are getting too greedy, that means the market may be due for a correction.

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

The daily RSI is currently 52.05. Values of 70 or above indicate that an asset is becoming overbought and may be primed for a trend reversal or experience correction in price. – an RSI reading of 30 or below indicates an oversold or undervalued condition.

Resistance and support

What they said yesterday…

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