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bitcoin etf: Bitcoin slips below $67.2k; Ethereum drops more than 4% despite US approval of spot Ether ETFs
Cryptocurrency Markets were in the red in Friday trading, dragged down by Bitcoin (BTC), Etherealand Solana.BTC fell more than 3.4% to $67,143 in early trading on Friday, while Ethereum fell more than 4.4% to $3,655.
“Bitcoin is trading around $67,000 after some profit-taking after hitting $71,000 on Wednesday,” said Edul Patel, CEO of Mudrex.
Meanwhile, Ethereum has fallen despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approving the sale of spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States on May 23, 2024.
This is the SEC’s second decision regarding crypto exchange-traded products. Earlier this year, in January 2024, the SEC approved Bitcoin ETFs after a long battle.
Ethereum has surged more than 30% over the past week. “If the bulls can hold the current price level, the next resistance points are at $3,900 and then $4,100,” Edul said.
Among other major crypto tokens, BNB (-3.8%), Solana (-6.3%), Dogecoin (-5.1%), Toncoin (-4.8%), Cardano (-5.2%), Shiba Inu (-6.6%) and Avalanche (-6%) decreased.
THE global cryptocurrency market cap fell by 3.4% to around $2.5 trillion in the last 24 hours, while the total cryptocurrency market volume was $146.74 billion, which represents an increase of 55.34%. The volume of all stablecoins is now $135.99 billion, which is 92.67% of the total cryptocurrency market volume in 24 hours, according to data available on CoinMarketCap.
“ETH has continued to outperform BTC, which is a positive sign as ETH dominance increases. Key resistance levels for ETH are at $3,963 and $4,085. Funding rates between coins remain neutral, which is positive,” he said CoinDCX Research Team.
For BTC, the key levels to break for an upside move are $71,300 and $73,800, CoinDCX She said.
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