Daily market update: Bitcoin soars to new historical all-time high ?
It was a big day for Bitcoin yesterday, with the cryptocurrency smashing through its old historical all-time high like Bruce Lee’s fist through a wet sponge cake. It’s now within touching distance of $23,000, after rising by more than $3,000 during the past 24 hours.
We’re now in uncharted territory, land where no one has ever gone before. This is a land of price discovery and there’s no telling where it could go, so be careful out there – don’t invest more than you can afford, do your own research, and don’t hand over anything to anyone on Twitter or Telegram or what-not. Be smart.
Here’s a load of numbers and things people have said from across the crypto space. You can even take a look through our beginner’s guide to crypto trading series to get a better idea of what it all means, including in-depth explorations of common strategies, market analysis techniques, and more.
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All information is correct as of 07:30am GMT.
Crypto at a glance
Total Market Cap: $553,394,807,516
Price | Market cap | Volume | Circulating Supply | |
Bitcoin | $22,245.23 | $395.93b | $55,018,131,019 | 18,573,175 BTC |
Ethereum | $645.62 | $73.17b | $17,580,646,979 | 113,865,557 ETH |
XRP | $0.56 | $25.48b | $16,977,013,675 | 45,404,028,640 XRP |
Litecoin | $92.64 | $6.17b | $3,429,890,734 | 66,105,548 LTC |
Bitcoin Cash | $311.27 | $5.86b | $4,128,281,325 | 18,600,863 BCH |
What bitcoin did yesterday
We closed yesterday, 16 December, 2020, at a price of $21,310.60 – up from $19,417.08 the day before. That’s the highest closing price in Bitcoin’s history.
The daily high yesterday was $21,458.91 and the daily low was $19,298.32. That’s the highest daily high and the highest daily low ever. This time last year, the price of bitcoin closed the day at $6,932.48 and in 2018 it was $3,252.84.
This is a new all-time high price for bitcoin.
As of today, buying bitcoin has been profitable for…
99.9% of all days since 2013-04-28.
Market capitalisation
Bitcoin’s market capitalisation is currently $395.93 billion, up from $361.07 billion yesterday. To put that into context, Johnson & Johnson’s market cap is $394 billion.
Bitcoin volume
The volume traded over the last 24 hours was $55,018,131,019, up from $26,741,982,541 yesterday. High volumes can indicate that a significant price movement has stronger support and is more likely to be sustained.
Volatility
The price volatility of bitcoin over the last 30 days is 55.46%.
Fear and Greed Index
The sentiment remains in Extreme Greed territory at 92, the same as yesterday. The last time the sentiment was lower than Extreme Greed was 6 November, 2020. It’s important to remember that the index doesn’t stay this high very often and a correction could be on the cards.
Bitcoin’s market dominance
Bitcoin’s market dominance stands at 65.98. Its lowest recorded dominance was 37.09 on 8 January, 2018.
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
The daily RSI is currently 64.17. 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 – an RSI reading of 30 or below indicates an oversold or undervalued condition.
Google trends
The trend in Google searches over the last 90 days. Google shows this chart on a relative basis with a max score of 100 on the day that had the most Google searches for that keyword. The latest score is 51 – taken from 14 December when the data is last collected.
Charts provided by IntoTheBlock.com
Convince your Nan cutout of the day
Bitcoin broke through 3 major levels in the last 24 hours – $20,000, $21,000 and $22,000. Can it do more today?
Twitter sentiment
Yesterday, there were 23,260 tweets sent with a positive connotation towards bitcoin, 76,393 with a neutral connotation, and 5,136 were negative.
Charts provided by IntoTheBlock.com
What they said yesterday…
THIS ALL HAPPENED TODAY
1) Bitcoin hit $20,000
2) Guggenheim’s CIO gave a $400,000 target
3) Northern Trust launched a crypto custodian
4) Alan Howard and Eric Peters commit $1B to crypto
5) American Express backed crypto broker FalconXMy head is exploding this is too bullish.
— Yano (@JasonYanowitz) December 16, 2020
Good to see that everyone is keeping calm…
“Our fundamental work shows that Bitcoin should be worth about $400,000,” says Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd https://t.co/9QyOWyYAVA pic.twitter.com/uojQqaKPia
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) December 16, 2020
Scott Minerd here, just in case you were getting too excited…
How #Bitcoin stacks up against the rest pic.twitter.com/V4iVsMPABW
— Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) December 17, 2020
A good investment?
CCTV just reported on #Bitcoin’s new ATH to 1 billion Chinese viewers. Bullish. ? pic.twitter.com/5onUKq3f86
— Samson Mow (@Excellion) December 17, 2020
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