Crypto Market Watch: Ether Outshines Bitcoin as Altcoins Ride the Waves of Market Volatility
Crypto Update: Top Cryptocurrency Sees $10 Surge in 24 Hours
Bitcoin experienced a minor setback on Wednesday, February 7, with a marginal loss of 0.09 percent, settling its trading value at $42,812 (approximately Rs. 35.5 lakh) at the time of reporting. Despite this dip, the leading cryptocurrency exhibited resilience, demonstrating a $10 (around Rs. 830) surge in value over the past 24 hours. Analysts attribute Bitcoin’s stable market performance amidst external volatility to factors such as its brief ascent beyond the $43,000 (roughly Rs. 35.6 lakh) mark before stabilizing at its current valuation.
Commenting on Bitcoin’s trajectory, the CoinSwitch Markets Desk conveyed to Gadgets360, “As BTC continues to trade in a subtle uptrend narrow channel, its volatility continues to be on the lower side. BTC has already printed five consecutive monthly green candles in the wake of the recent ETF and upcoming halving in April. It should be interesting to see if we see one more monthly green close as it has only happened once in the last seven years.”
In contrast, Ether displayed a positive trend on Wednesday, marking a 2.09 percent gain and reaching a trading value of $2,361 (approximately Rs. 1.96 lakh). Over the past 24 hours, Ether’s value surged by $50 (approximately Rs. 4,150), signifying a bullish trend for the altcoin amidst prevailing market dynamics.
“ETH approached the upper boundary of its range, currently holding just below it the mark of $2,380 (roughly Rs. 1.97 lakh). It’s also above the 20 and 50 Exponential Moving Averages (EMA), which is a positive signal,” the CoinDCX team told Gadgets360.
With Bitcoin and Ether taking different market trajectories on Wednesday, the crypto chart marked a clear internal division within itself with most altcoins trailing into losses behind BTC. Binance Coin, Solana, Ripple, Cardano, and Avalanche — recorded losses on Wednesday.
The overall crypto market cap rose slightly by 0.52 percent in the last 24 hours. At present, the sector valuation stands at $1.65 trillion (roughly Rs. 1,36,91,114 crore) as per CoinMarketCap. Despite the ongoing fluctuations in the crypto market, market experts are optimistic about the tables turning soon.
“Microstrategy, a business intelligence enterprise known for its strong Bitcoin support has reported the acquisition of an additional 850 BTC for $37.2 million (roughly Rs. 308 crore) and now holds a total of staggering 190,000 BTC.
At the same time, the Bitcoin spot ETF craze has not slowed down as BlackRock and Fidelity now own a combined of 138,489 BTC which is roughly worth around $5.9 billion (roughly Rs. 48,936 crore) in Bitcoin. All these moves only reflect positive institutional sentiments around Bitcoin before the halving,” said Shivam Thakral, CEO of BuyUcoin.
