Daily market update: Crypto markets watch as US election set to begin
With the US elections starting tonight, the markets wait with bated breath. But is the result already priced in for bitcoin? Will it make a difference.
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All information is correct as of 09:00am GMT.
Bitcoin price
We closed yesterday, 2 November, 2020, at a price of $13,550.49, with a daily high of $13,808.32 and a low of $13,243.16.
We’re 32.55% below bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (17 December 2017).
As of today, buying bitcoin has been profitable for…
98.1% of all days since 2013-04-28.
Bitcoin volume
The volume traded yesterday was $30,771,455,468 – up from $24,453,857,900 the day before. High volume indicates that a significant price movement has stronger support and is more likely to be sustained.
Market capitalisation
Bitcoin’s market capitalisation as of yesterday was $251,119,864,445, down from $254,569,759,063 the day before.
Fear and Greed Index
Sentiment is still at 71 for the second day in a row. Extreme fear can indicate that investors are getting too worried and there’s an opportunity for buyers, while extreme greed could mean the market is due for a correction.
Global In/Out of the money
For any address with a balance of tokens, ITB identifies the average price (cost) at which those tokens were purchased and compares it with the current price. If the current price is higher than average cost, address is ‘In the Money’. If the current price is lower than the average cost, the address is ‘Out of the Money’.
Chart provided by IntoTheBlock.com
Volatility
Annualised price volatility using 365 days.
Chart provided by IntoTheBlock.com
Bitcoin’s market dominance
Bitcoin’s market dominance stands at 64.45. Its lowest recorded dominance was 37.09 on 8 January, 2018.
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
The daily RSI is currently 68.88. 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.
Resistance and support
What they said yesterday…
The price of #Bitcoin was $710 the last time a United States presidential election was held.
— Blockfolio (@blockfolio) November 2, 2020
Oh yeah, I’m bullish on Bitcoin now.https://t.co/ViCeAp2YCi pic.twitter.com/i15kDeU56j
— Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) November 3, 2020
#Bitcoin is a monetary operating system allowing investors to benefit from a wide variety of #BTC monetary applications from firms like Square, PayPal, Coinbase, Kraken, Binance, Grayscale, NYDIG, Fidelity, Casa, Swan, et al. The #Bitcoin ecosystem grows stronger by the day.
— Michael Saylor (@michael_saylor) November 2, 2020
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