On Wednesday, the majority of cryptocurrencies gained. The global crypto market cap was $857.8 billion, with nearly $35 billion in volume in the previous 24 hours.

Bitcoin
Bitcoin, the world’s largest and most popular virtual currency, gained 1.5 percent to $17,457.2. Its market capitalization was $336.3 billion. The total value of trade was $15.9 billion.

“This bitcoin surge could be attributed to the accumulation of whales over the last two days. If bitcoin continues to rise, it could reach the $17,500 resistance level by the end of the week “Mudrex CEO and Co-Founder Edul Patel stated.

Ethereum
Ethererum the second largest virtual currency, rose nearly 1% to $1,337.4 with a market capitalisation of $163.7 billion. In the last 24 hours, Ethereum’s trade volume was $5.8 billion.

Patel stated about Ethereum, “Following the successful implementation of the Merge, Ethereum is preparing to launch its Shanghai public testnet in February. This should improve the Ethereum network’s ability to handle high-volume transactions while also lowering costs.”

Dogecoin
A meme-based virtual currency, rose 0.9 percent on Wednesday. Its market capitalization was $10.3 billion. The total trade volume was $483.5 million.

Shiba Inu
Shiba Inu market capitalisation increased by 4% to $5 billion. In the last 24 hours, the trade volume was $420.2 million.

Solana
Solana dropped nearly 1% to $16, with a market cap of $6 billion. Solana’s trade volume in the last 24 hours was $819 million.

Polygon
Polygon’s market capitalisation increased by 1.1 percent to $7.5 billion. In the last 24 hours, the trade volume was $245.7 million.

After months of being stuck below the $17,000 mark, Bitcoin finally broke through over the weekend. BTC is currently worth $17,200, representing a profit of 1.60 percent. Bitcoin has increased by a whopping $352 between last Friday and today. On Monday, January 9, the price charts were brimming with greens as the majority of cryptocurrencies stepped into the trading rink with significant profits.

Ether, the second most valuable cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, has broken through its resistance level. According to Gadgets 360’s crypto price tracker, ETH reached $1,305 with a 3.53 percent increase. ETH’s value increased by $55 over the weekend.

Cardano and Solana – both altcoins made significant profits

While ADA increased by 19% to trade at $0.33, SOL increased by 20% to reach a valuation of $16. Both altcoins have been impacted by the volatile market momentum and have reaped profits after days of losses.

Stablecoins pegged to the US dollar, such as USD Coin and Ripple, made money alongside altcoins such as Polygon, Litecoin, Polkadot, and Tron.

Shiba Inu and Dogecoin, both meme coins, saw small gains

In the last 24 hours, the overall crypto market valuation increased by 3.19 percent. According to CoinMarketCap, the market cap has reached $849.8 billion. The valuation has increased by $33 billion in the last three days.

Even the underdog altcoins Zilliqa, NEM, Cartesi, Augur, and DIA are up today.

Binance USD, Dash, and Flex are among the cryptocurrencies that have suffered losses today.

Bitcoin (BTC) hit a quick six-week high by July 29 as the fallout from the latest macro development boosted risk assets.

BTC/USD 1 Hour Candlestick Chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView
A monthly closing could seal 20% profits
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView captured local highs of $24,445 for BTC/USD on Bitstamp, the best since the week beginning June 13.

After consolidating around $23,000, bulls got a second wind to push the market higher on the back of the latest US Federal Reserve rate hike and GDP data confirming the US is now in recession.

Risk assets outperformed overall, with bitcoin and altcoins joining gold to give traders and analysts reason for a positive outlook.

Gold #GOLD $GLD $GC_F held the bottom of the 23-month rectangle (yellow), which will serve as a handle for the massive C&H. The bull market has begun. Prices are heading north. The goal aimed for $3,000 over the next few years.

“This is getting interesting,” chain monitor Material Indicators tweeted in an update to its short and long signal thread for the June 28 BTC/USD daily chart. He observed the potential for Bitcoin to reach a higher high (HH). next:

“All trend spotting signals are printed on the Long D chart, plus the 21-DMA and 50-DMA unwinds. If BTC can form a HH, there will be a small friction to the next HH and then the macro channel will go into the YES range, it is still a bear market rally.”

Material Indicators added that $25,000 would also be a key price level to watch if the higher high at $24,300 holds for the day’s close.

“If this rally can get past $25,000 then $28,000 will take center stage very quickly,” read part of another post.

“The parabolic downtrend from ATH has been broken,” Blockware Chief Analyst William Clemente, meanwhile, summed up in a skewed alternative view of BTC’s current price performance in 2022.

From the same point last week, BTC/USD is up a modest 4% at the time of writing. With two days left until July’s weekly close, the pair was on track to close out monthly gains of over 20%, data from Coinglass confirmed.

BTC/USD monthly returns chart (screenshot). Source: Coinglass
Key support ETH eyes regained above $1,700
Altcoins were similarly rosy on the day as Ether (ETH) breached $1,700 to challenge the highs of the week dating back to June 6.

Related: 3 Bitcoin Trading Behaviors Suggest BTC’s Return to $24,000 Is a ‘Fakeout’

Does it scare you or get you very, very excited? #ETH

While Material Indicators toyed with the idea of another retracement and a lower low well below $1,000, others acknowledged the strength of short-term price action across altcoins.

“$ETH, like many altcoins, successfully retested old resistances to new supports and has rebounded strongly since then,” commented popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital.

Strong rebound from $ETH after successful retest

ETH is slowly approaching the next immediate resistance (upper orange box)

ETH would need to regain the bottom of this box as support if it is to move higher #ETH #Crypto #Ethereum

Additional analysis called for ETH/USD to reclaim the support zone starting around $1,730 for a continuation.

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