Daily market update: Grayscale on the ETH hunt
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All information is correct as of 08:00am BST.
Bitcoin price
We closed yesterday, 14 October, 2020, at a price of $11,429.51, with a daily high of $11,539.98 and a low of $11,307.83.
On 14 October, 2019, the closing price was $8,374.69. On 14 October, 2018, it was $6,290.93 and the same date in 2017 was $5,831.79.
We’re 43.11% below bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (17 December 2017).
Bitcoin volume
The volume traded yesterday was $24,103,426,719 – down from $24,241,420,251 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 $211,643,390,713, up from $211,565,586,739 the day before. To put that into context, Jeff Bezos is currently worth $175.3 billion. This means he can only afford to buy 82.82% of all bitcoin.
Fear and Greed Index
Sentiment is back at a greedy 56 – up from 53 yesterday. 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.
Twitter sentiment
Yesterday, there were 9,468 tweets sent with a positive connotation towards bitcoin, 22,465 with a neutral connotation, and 1,643 were negative.
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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’.
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Volatility
Annualised price volatility using 365 days.
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Bitcoin’s market dominance
Bitcoin’s market dominance stands at 59.92. Its lowest recorded dominance was 37.09 on 8 January, 2018.
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
The daily RSI is currently 62.56. 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…
While everybody has been focused on our bitcoin accumulation, the @Grayscale Ethereum Trust now holds over 2% of all ETH in circulation
— Barry Silbert (@barrysilbert) October 15, 2020
“Let me just basically say how impressed I am by Ethereum, full stop, period.”
–@CFTC Chairman @ChairmanHeath at #investeth.https://t.co/4z98QmTwve pic.twitter.com/IXf0gax6XB— CoinDesk (@CoinDesk) October 14, 2020
How its started How it’s going
Keep holding and enjoy the ride #Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/NirveFo9di
— Elja?oom? (@Eljaboom) October 14, 2020
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