Bitcoin
The price for the week from May 24 to May 31, 2024 remained almost unchanged, again falling below $ 70,000 The entire week was marked by low volatility: not once did the last daily price deviation reached 2%.
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Despite the stagnation, the analysts of the Santiment platform believe in the growth of the first cryptocurrency. The study found a pattern between the value of BTC and the number of addresses with at least 10 BTC. Trust is direct. If the number of addresses with 10 or more bitcoins grows, then you should expect an increase in the price of the coin. If one indicator falls, then the second also decreases.
CryptoQuant analysts shared an interesting observation. They noticed a trend in Bitcoin, many long-time owners started selling their assets in BTC. After Bitcoin dropped to $56,500 in early May, the sell-off paved the way for a rally. This shows the belief in the further growth of the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. CryptoQuant claims that more than 50% of Bitcoin in wallets remained inactive throughout the last year (they were mined / bought and not touched).
Mining pool provider Luxor, in partnership with derivatives platform Bitnominal, has launched the first fully regulated Bitcoin mining source in the United States. The product is called Bitcoin Hashrate Future (Bitcoin hashrate future). The asset will trade under the ticker $HUP. Each contract will represent one petahash (PH). The duration will be one month. It is expected that with the help of the new tool, the miners will be able to raise their income, and the investors will have a new tool to access mining without having to mine.
Technical analysis speaks in favor of Bitcoin growth. Price is above the 50-day moving average (in blue). The RSI indicator is above 50. Support and resistance levels: $65,513 and $73,794, respectively.
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The fear and greed index dropped by one point during the week. Its current value is 73. This still shows the predominance of greed and fear of Bitcoin investors.
The price for the period from May 24 to May 31, 2024 remained almost unchanged and was around $3,750. At the same time, on May 27, the bar rose almost to $4,000, which is the highest in 2.5 month. However, four consecutive sessions of decline brought the price back to last week’s level.
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The story of spot ETFs for ether continues to evolve. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took the next step. The agency ordered companies whose applications for spot ether ETFs were approved to complete Form S-1 (mandatory for all publicly traded companies) by May 31. Some organizations have already done so. VanEck filed the Form S-1 first, the day it approved the spot ETF, and BlackRock filed the document on May 30.
But not all companies received the green light. Among the losers is the Brazilian Hashdex, which submitted its application in November 2023. Due to the SEC’s disapproval, the company decided not to launch a spot Ether ETF for now.
Again, there is an increase in the accumulation of ether among the major players. The trend was noticed by famous crypto trader Ali Martinez. According to statistics provided by an experienced X investor (formerly Twitter (NYSE:)), the number of addresses holding more than 10,000 ETH (more than $37 million) in one account has exceeded 1,000 Obviously, huge which capital expects the increase in the price of the second largest capitalization of the cryptocurrency, otherwise why save?
According to technical analysis, there is a predominance of bulls. Growth prospects can be seen in both the short term and the long term. The first is due to the price exceeding the 50-day moving average (shown in blue), and the second is due to the price exceeding the 200-day moving average (shown in orange). Support and resistance levels: $3,531 and $3,974.1, respectively.
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The price of (BNB) decreased by 1.33% from May 24 to May 31. All seven trading sessions were accompanied by extremely low volatility: the change in the value of this coin never exceeded 1% . But the cryptocurrency failed to stay above $600.
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One of the big news for BNB in May is the planned shutdown of Beacon Chain, a blockchain designed for staking and management, in June. The solution was only temporary, and now the end has come. All Beacon Chain functions, including the DEX module, will be transferred to Binance Smart Chain. Anyone who wants to avoid losing assets should transfer them from one network to another. This also applies to the redelegation of BNB. By the end of May, more than 95% of staked tokens had been transferred to Binance Smart Chain. Such an innovation could spark more buyer interest in Binance Coin.
Overall, BNB is still doing well. Since the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange in November 2022, only eight altcoins have updated their all-time high against Bitcoin. This includes Binance’s own cryptocurrency.
In addition, the fact that the weighted financing rate (OI) has remained positive since May 20 speaks in favor of the positive. We can conclude that the market is now dominated by long (buy) futures rather than short (sell) futures.
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From the point of view of technical analysis, BNB has now formed what is called a symmetrical triangle. This figure shows the approximate parity of bulls and bears. In other words, the price is flat. Growth or fall can only be expected after collapse and consolidation above the upper or lower borders of the triangle (shown in pink lines), respectively. The flatness is confirmed by other indicators: the 50-day moving average (in blue) is close to the price, and the RSI is declining, which is almost 50 (current value = 49.85).
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Conclusion
Therefore, from May 24 to May 31, the prices of major cryptocurrencies changed little. At the same time, significant events are happening for all coins: Bitcoin approves the hashrate future, Ethereum is in full preparation for the launch of spot exchange-traded funds, and the BNB group liquidates Beacon Chain.
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