Bitcoin Leads Crypto Dip Today
The cryptocurrency market is dipping today, but not significantly. Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen 0.85% over the last 24 hours, and it is now back down to $60,744 (BTC/USD).
Of course, where Bitcoin goes, much of the crypto market tends to follow. BNB (BNB) and Solana (SOL) have declined by 0.82% and 0.69% respectively. We are also seeing similar dips from Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and Tron (TRX).
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However, not all crypto coins are following suit. Bitcoinβs fiercest competition Ethereum (ETH) is up by 0.44%, thanks in part to the success of spot ether ETFs. As well, Cardano (ADA) and Toncoin (TON) are up and making Bitcoin look like it canβt keep up.
Market Factors Today
What is causing movement in the crypto market right now? Much of the market is anticipating upcoming interest rate cuts, which were heavily indicated by the Federal Reserve and should be coming in September. The market is optimistic about inflation as well, which dipped slightly in a recent report.
The stock market is still high, continuing weeks of upward movement, but very little of that has bled over to the crypto market. Individual cryptocurrency coins are managing to shoot up because of what their companies are doing, in many cases, independently of the stock market and the economy. For example, Toncoin is doing well right now because of improvements to telegram, which uses Toncoin as its proprietary crypto.
Bitcoin may continue to flounder around the $60K level for a while, unless some major impetus can knock it one way or another. Investors are wondering if the Fedβs interest rate cuts will be that impetus or if it will take something else.
Bitcoinβs current downtrend could be due in part to the uncertainty surrounding the US elections. Republican candidate Donald Trump has pledged to support Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, but we have not seen that kind of commitment come from Kamala Harris and the Democratic party.
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