Daily market update: Institutional investors bullish on bitcoin
A new report from crypto insurance company Evertas showed that 90% of surveyed institutional investors expect “some increase in crypto holdings” in the next five years. Feeling bullish?
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Bitcoin price
We closed yesterday, 21 September, 2020, at a price of $10,462.26 – with a daily high of $10,988.30 and a low of $10,380.26.
That’s down from a closing price of $10,938.27 the day before. On the same day last year, one bitcoin would have set you back $10,019.72.
We’re 52% below bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (17 December 2017).
As of today, buying bitcoin has been profitable for…
93.1% of all days since 2013-04-28.
Bitcoin volume
The volume traded yesterday was $28,884,999,244 – up from $24,699,523,788 the day before.
Market capitalisation
Bitcoin’s market capitalisation as of yesterday was $193,514,327,128, down from $202,308,927,892 the day before. To put that into context, Jeff Bezos is now worth $177.2 billion. This means he can only afford to buy 91.5% of all bitcoin. Better luck next time, Jeff.
Fear and Greed Index
With more price volatility, sentiment is down from a neutral 48 seen yesterday to 39, shifting back into the fear zone.
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.
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’.
Volatility
Annualised price volatility using 365 days.
Chart courtesy of IntoTheBlock.com.
Bitcoin’s market dominance
Bitcoin’s market dominance stands at 61.73. Its lowest recorded dominance was 37.09 on 8 January, 2018.
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
The daily RSI is currently 41.99. 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…
#Bitcoin is better at being gold than gold — and not just incrementally, but by an order of magnitude or 10X better. pic.twitter.com/rhKOQD44AZ
— Tyler Winklevoss (@tylerwinklevoss) September 21, 2020
According to Veretas who surveyed institutional investors that oversee some $78.4 billion worth of collective assets, a full 90% expect to see increases in #crypto #bitcoin holdings in the next 5 years.
B U L L I S Hhttps://t.co/SpIDkXZtyt
— Lark Davis (@TheCryptoLark) September 21, 2020
Bitcoin vs fiat supply pic.twitter.com/crVENelho9
— Dan Held (@danheld) September 21, 2020
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