The weekend has started with a bang in the crypto world as
breezed past resistance again to post a new 2019 high. The action has
had the effect of pushing total market capitalization up to its highest level
for five months.
bitcoin Bulls Are Back
Just when it looked like more consolidation was on the cards and hit a new 2019 high of $5,880 a few hours ago according to figures. in Asia has pushed volume up to almost $20 billion which is higher than the entire market volume was a couple of months ago.
The big push as resulted in a 4% gain on the day for
which is very likely to hit $6,000 in the next few hours. The sentiment is
bullish all round as analysts chart further gains for ;
Over the past seven days has gained 11% and since
the beginning of the year it is up a whopping 55%. Not bad for an asset that
bankers, politicians and ageing billionaires had written off. Markets have
shrugged off the negative regarding the Tether imbroglio and pushed even higher,
defying . The trend now is clearly up and is has been for the best part of
this year.
Economist Alex Krüger commented on the current push stating
that there is not far to go before we are back into a full bull market;
“ now at $5750, the 2018 low prior to the November crash. The 2018 bear trend ended once above $4200. Above $6400, 2018’s most traded price, it’s a bull market.”
Heavy resistance also lies around the so a push above it will not come easily. There may be several months
of consolidation around here as markets did last year before moving in the
other direction in mid-November.
’s bullish upside swing has taken its market cap back
over $100 billion again. This has resulted in total crypto market cap reaching
a new 2019 high of $188 billion a few hours ago. Over $8 billion has been added
over the past 24 hours which has seen markets surge by over 4%.
are also having a solid day at the moment with big
gains for Cash surging 8% and heading back towards $300,
making 5% up towards $80 and Gold with a 10% surge towards $20.
The weekend has kicked off in the green and it is dominating once again.
Published at Sat, 04 May 2019 05:13:09 +0000
