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First Mover Americas: Once-Bouncing Bitcoin Now Just Rolls Like Ball

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 11, 2022.

Updated Apr 9, 2024, 11:31 p.m. Published Oct 11, 2022, 12:35 p.m.
(Midjourney/CoinDesk)
(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

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Price Point

Bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) both started the day trading down on Tuesday, with traditional markets still in the lurch.

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The CoinDesk Market Index slipped 0.7% over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin lost 1.5%, hovering just above the $19,000 mark, and ether fell 2.3%. Stock futures fell and bonds sold off. European shares declined for a fifth straight day.

Altcoins took a larger hit, with ethereum classic (ETC) down 8.5%, NEAR down by 8% and XRP by 6%.

Crypto funds saw outflows totaling $5 million last week, fueled by sizable redemption from “short” investment products, or those designed to profit from price declines, according to data from CoinShares.

Bitcoin witnessed a fourth consecutive week of inflows totaling $12 million, while short-bitcoin investment products saw outlaws totaling a record $15 million.

CoinDesk Market Index

Biggest Gainers

Asset Ticker Returns DACS Sector Injective INJ +7.43% DeFi Ribbon Finance RBN +4.36% DeFi Celsius CEL +4.09% Currency

Biggest Losers

Asset Ticker Returns DACS Sector Request REQ -6.25% Currency LCX LCX -5.07% Currency Stellar XLM -4.99% Currency

Sector classifications are provided via the Digital Asset Classification Standard (DACS), developed by CoinDesk Indices to provide a reliable, comprehensive and standardized classification system for digital assets. The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) is a broad-based index designed to measure the market capitalization weighted performance of the digital asset market subject to minimum trading and exchange eligibility requirements.

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Bitcoin Bouncing Ball

Bitcoin's price structure looks similar to 2018. (TradingView)
Bitcoin's price structure looks similar to 2018. (TradingView)

By Omkar Godbole

  • Bitcoin's price structure resembles the path of a dropped ball that bounced off the floor.
  • The ball is losing energy with every bounce from price support (around $18K) and could soon fizzle into a flat forward roll.
  • The longer the flat forward roll continues, the bigger the risk of gravity eventually taking a toll as it did in November 2018.

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XRP Faces Downside Risk as Social Sentiment Turns Wildly Negative

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The turn in crowd mood comes after a two-month slide of roughly 31%, leaving the token vulnerable to further downside if risk appetite weakens across majors.

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  • XRP's price approached the $2 mark as social sentiment around the token turned sharply negative, according to Santiment data.
  • The token has experienced a 31% decline over two months, making it vulnerable to further losses if market risk appetite weakens.
  • Santiment's sentiment model indicates XRP is in a 'fear zone,' where negative commentary significantly outweighs positive talk, potentially influencing market positioning.