Bitcoin maintains high price range, approaching Solana (SOL) year-to-date rise/fall rate of +1000% - Our Bitcoin News

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The US stock market is closed.

On the Tokyo stock market, there was slight price movement on the previous day, down 17 yen from the previous day. As the end of the year approaches, sales are weak.

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Virtual currency market conditions

In the crypto asset (virtual currency) market, the Bitcoin price fell 0.2% from the previous day to 1 BTC = $43,491.

Behind the soaring prices of crypto assets (virtual currencies) are expectations for an early interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve (Federal Reserve System) and the Bitcoin Spot ETF (listed exchange traded ETF), which is expected to be a major driving force behind the long-term rise in Bitcoin. These expectations are increasing day by day.

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The US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) is required to make a final decision on the joint proposal by ARK and 21Shares by January 10th, which is attracting a lot of attention from the market.

Furthermore, a decision on the ETF conversion of Grayscale’s proposed Bitcoin fund GBTC is expected to be made by January 25th. Data from Deribit’s derivatives exchange clearly shows that institutional investor activity has increased since October 2023.

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James Butterfill, head of research at Coinshares, highlighted that inflows into crypto funds rose again last week, a sharp contrast to the week before last, which saw net outflows for the first time in 11 weeks.

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— James Butterfill (@jbutterfill) December 23, 2023

By investment product, Bitcoin (BTC) accounted for 85% of the $103 million inflow, while Ethereum (ETH) received $7.9 million. Interest in altcoins is also growing, with total inflows into Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), XRP, and Chainlink (LINK) reaching $21 million.

Looking at the amount of inflows by region, it seems interesting that Germany came out on top with over 40% of the total. Following in second place were Canada, the United States, and Switzerland.

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Solana (SOL), which ranks fourth in market capitalization, continued to rise to $119, up 7.9% from the previous day. The year-to-date rate of increase/decrease was 954%.

Expectations for ecosystem airdrops, such as the soaring JITO example, also boosted the market, and as a result, Total Value Locked (TVL), which indicates the total amount deposited into DeFi protocols, has increased from $654 million to $1.28 billion in the past three weeks. rapidly increasing to the dollar.

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Due to the current sense of overheating, selling pressure is expected at the upper resistance level at the 1SOL = $140 level, but if it breaks upwards, we will be aware of the $200 milestone and the record high of 1SOL = $260 recorded in November 2021. It turns out. The stock has maintained its upward momentum through profit-taking selling, but the weekly RSI has exceeded 80, and many are wary of overheating.

Looking at the futures market’s funding rate, it plummeted and the negative deviation increased due to the strong impact of the “FTX shock” that occurred in November last year, but it has since made a spectacular comeback and is currently undergoing a complete turnaround. There is a growing sense of overheating, with the positive deviation of FR increasing.

Additionally, RAY, the native token of Solana-based automated market maker (AMM) and liquidity provider Raydium, continued to rise by 9.5% from the previous day. The year-to-date rate of increase/decrease has reached +1,059%, exceeding SOL.

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