CRYPTOCURRENCY MARKET REVIEW
The cryptocurrency market resumed active growth: BTC is trading around 30900.00 (+10.0%), ETH is at 2120.00 (+14.3%), USDT is around 1.0003 (+0.05%), BNB is at 335.00 (+7.1%), and USDC – around 0.9988 (+0.02%). The total market capitalization has grown to 1.288B dollars, and the share of BTC was 46.34%.
The quotes are supported by expectations of correction of the US Federal Reserve's monetary rate after the publication of US data on inflation for March, which recorded a greater slowdown in price growth in the country than experts expected. Thus, the consumer price index was 0.1% instead of the forecasted 0.2% MoM and 5.0% instead of 5.2% YoY, strengthening investors' hopes that regulator officials will soften the «hawkish» rhetoric in May or June. In this case, the pressure on the country's economy may weaken, and the demand for risky assets may increase. In this regard, the founder of Galaxy Digital, Mike Novogratz, predicted the price of the world's first cryptocurrency to rise to 40.0K dollars after the start of lowering interest rates, which will not be possible until the end of the year.
The growth leader was ETH, which was additionally supported by the launch of the Shapella (Shanghai-Capella) update on the main Ethereum network. The fork took place on April 13 at block 194048 and activated the EIP-4895 function, which allows investors to withdraw coins previously blocked on the network. Contrary to the fears of some experts, this did not lead to a mass sale of the token and a fall in the cryptocurrency rate. Indeed, some stakers have chosen to withdraw their assets but so far their number is insignificant. According to Glassnode experts, the current momentum could lead to the sale of about 170.0K unlocked ETH within seven days of the fork activation, which is less than 1.0% of the total volume (18M ETH).
Among other news of the week, it is worth highlighting the launch by the social network Twitter of the opportunity to trade various assets, including cryptocurrency. Thanks to the partnership between the network and the eToro platform, clients of the site will now be able to see the price charts of digital assets and stocks, as well as buy and sell them, which will further popularize cryptocurrencies. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has announced the launch of BTC futures and options trading. To ensure this, it has entered into a partnership agreement with the Global Futures and Options (GFO-X) cryptocurrency trading platform. It is assumed that trading in futures and options on BTC will become available in the UK from the fourth quarter of this year and for EU citizens later.
In general, the situation in the cryptocurrency market is improving, and the enthusiasm of investors associated with the possible suspension of the US Federal Reserve cycle of raising interest rates supports the strengthening of prices.
The cryptocurrency market resumed active growth: BTC is trading around 30900.00 (+10.0%), ETH is at 2120.00 (+14.3%), USDT is around 1.0003 (+0.05%), BNB is at 335.00 (+7.1%), and USDC – around 0.9988 (+0.02%). The total market capitalization has grown to 1.288B dollars, and the share of BTC was 46.34%.
The quotes are supported by expectations of correction of the US Federal Reserve's monetary rate after the publication of US data on inflation for March, which recorded a greater slowdown in price growth in the country than experts expected. Thus, the consumer price index was 0.1% instead of the forecasted 0.2% MoM and 5.0% instead of 5.2% YoY, strengthening investors' hopes that regulator officials will soften the «hawkish» rhetoric in May or June. In this case, the pressure on the country's economy may weaken, and the demand for risky assets may increase. In this regard, the founder of Galaxy Digital, Mike Novogratz, predicted the price of the world's first cryptocurrency to rise to 40.0K dollars after the start of lowering interest rates, which will not be possible until the end of the year.
The growth leader was ETH, which was additionally supported by the launch of the Shapella (Shanghai-Capella) update on the main Ethereum network. The fork took place on April 13 at block 194048 and activated the EIP-4895 function, which allows investors to withdraw coins previously blocked on the network. Contrary to the fears of some experts, this did not lead to a mass sale of the token and a fall in the cryptocurrency rate. Indeed, some stakers have chosen to withdraw their assets but so far their number is insignificant. According to Glassnode experts, the current momentum could lead to the sale of about 170.0K unlocked ETH within seven days of the fork activation, which is less than 1.0% of the total volume (18M ETH).
Among other news of the week, it is worth highlighting the launch by the social network Twitter of the opportunity to trade various assets, including cryptocurrency. Thanks to the partnership between the network and the eToro platform, clients of the site will now be able to see the price charts of digital assets and stocks, as well as buy and sell them, which will further popularize cryptocurrencies. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has announced the launch of BTC futures and options trading. To ensure this, it has entered into a partnership agreement with the Global Futures and Options (GFO-X) cryptocurrency trading platform. It is assumed that trading in futures and options on BTC will become available in the UK from the fourth quarter of this year and for EU citizens later.
In general, the situation in the cryptocurrency market is improving, and the enthusiasm of investors associated with the possible suspension of the US Federal Reserve cycle of raising interest rates supports the strengthening of prices.
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