Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Spike: Analyst Sees Apex Crypto Hitting $28K-$30K In 'Few Days' If This Happens

Zinger Key Points
  • Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin trade higher ahead of key. U.S. data next week
  • Markets move in a direction not expected by the majority, says trader
  • ETH investors need to be cautious as exchange inflows build up - Santiment

Bitcoin and other major coins saw a spike in prices Thursday evening as the global cryptocurrency market cap increased 3.7% to $958.2 billion at press time.

Price Performance Of Major Coins
Coin 24-hour 7-day Price
Bitcoin BTC/USD 5.3% 9.3% $21,592.42
Ethereum ETH/USD 4.3% 16.6% $1,233.84
Dogecoin DOGE/USD 2.8% 6.65% $0.07
Top 24-Hour Gainers (Data via CoinMarketCap)
Cryptocurrency 24-Hour % Change (+/-) Price
IoTeX (IOTX) +13% $0.03
Aave (AAVE) +12.75% $71.1
Storj (STORJ) +11.5% ​​$0.80

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Why It Matters: Cryptocurrencies were buoyant at press time, as other risk assets like U.S. stocks closed in the green. 

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended the day higher by 1.5% and 2.3% each. At press time, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were down 0.2% and 0.3%, respectively. 

Investors will keep an eye on consumer price index data due next week, which would be a cue on whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates aggressively when its policymakers next meet on July 26-27. U.S. jobs data, meanwhile, will come out on Friday.

The liquidity contagion affecting cryptocurrency firms has been a driver of markets recently. Miners could be “next on the chopping block,” according to GlobalBlock analyst Marcus Sotiriou.

Sotiriou pointed to instances where miners have been selling a large number of Bitcoins to cover costs and debt while taking measures to stay afloat.

“They have been using derivatives to limit downside risk since fourth-quarter 2021. Crypto miners have been selling Bitcoin, due to their revenues slumping along with the bear market.”

However, the recent decline in oil prices could offer some relief as it could end up moderating energy costs for miners, according to Sotiriou.

Michaël van de Poppe tweeted that markets tend to "always" move in directions unexpected by the majority.

The Amsterdam-based trader noted there’s an “insane amount of liquidity” above BTC’s 200-Week moving average.

“If [Bitcoin] breaks that level, I'm assuming we'll probably be getting a run of $2-5K upwards in just a few days to $28-30K.”

On the Ethereum side, 220,000 ETH moved to the exchanges on Wednesday, which, according to Santiment was the highest daily amount in 11 months. Thursday marked the largest ratio of ETH profit-taking vs. loss transactions since April. 

“Be cautious in these conditions,” said the market intelligence platform on Twitter.

On-chain analysis firm Glassnode tweeted that the stablecoin Tether (USDT) has been in “macro decline.” Over 2 years, USDT has fallen from 88.3% of the stablecoin market to 45.2% as of Thursday.

Conversely, the domination of the USD Coin (USDC) has risen 4.2x, Binance USD (BUSD) by 7.5x, and Dai (DAI) by 3.9x in a similar period.

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