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Leading cryptocurrencies traded flat on Monday amid thin liquidity due to the holiday, while gold and silver declined.
Bitcoin pushed to an intraday high of $70,060 but met strong resistance, pulling it back into the $68,000 range. The apex cryptocurrency’s trading volume fell 17% from the previous day.
Ethereum edged up to $2,000 overnight, despite trading volume dropping 40% over the last 24 hours. XRP and Solana moved sideways.
Bitcoin’s market dominance shrank to 58.3%, while Ethereum’s share contracted 2.16% to 10.2%. Over $215 million was liquidated from the market in the last 24 hours, according to Coinglass, with long liquidations accounting for the majority of losses.
Bitcoin open interest fell 0.08% over the past 24 hours, while money locked in Ethereum’s derivatives rose 0.88%. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index showed “Extreme Fear” sentiment.
The global cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at $2.35 trillion, down 1.78% over the past 24 hours.
Stock futures inched higher on Monday evening. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 68 points, or 0.14%, as of 7:36 p.m. EDT. S&P 500 futures gained 0.17%, while Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.05%.
In metals, spot gold eased 0.44% to $4,968 an ounce, while silver slid 2.10% to $75.16. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will resume regular trading on Tuesday after the Presidents’ Day break.
Cryptocurrency analyst Michaël van de Poppe pointed to Ethereum’s underperformance versus silver, noting the ETH/Silver weekly ratio has fallen to its lowest level since 2021. He said the period could be one to accumulate crypto, adding that the worst periods sometimes offer the best opportunities.
CryptoQuant also highlighted Bitcoin’s Adjusted Spent Output Profit Ratio, saying it has dropped to a level that historically marked major bear market stress points. The metric indicates whether Bitcoin is being sold at a profit or loss; values above 1 suggest coins are spent at profits. It currently sits in the 0.92–0.94 zone.
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