What Changed in Crypto Markets While You Were Sleeping — Aug 4

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Updated by Kyle Baird
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In Brief

  • Bitcoin continues moving downward after being rejected from the $42,500 resistance.
  • LUNA is up 13% on the day.
  • Google is now allowing advertisements by crypto wallets and exchanges.
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BeInCrypto presents our daily morning roundup of crypto news and market changes that you might have missed while you were asleep.

Bitcoin update

BTC has been moving downwards since deviating above the $40,550 range high between July 30 and Aug 2 (red circle), reaching a high of $42,559. 

Currently, it’s trading just above the 0.382 Fib retracement support level at $37,500. The next supports are found at $35,900 and $34,340 — the 0.5 and 0.618 Fib retracement support levels. 

Technical indicators are beginning to show bearish signs. The MACD has given a bearish reversal signal and the RSI has fallen below 70. However, the Stochastic oscillator is still bullish.

BTC deviation
BTC Chart By TradingView

Altcoin movers

The total cryptocurrency market cap has fallen 1% since the same time yesterday, currently sitting slightly above $1.6 trillion. On Aug 1 the market cap hit a local high of $1.71 trillion but losses in bitcoin and Ethereum have pulled it back to the previous range highs.

While the majority of altcoins are in the red today, a few are seeing steady gains. Terra (LUNA) is the biggest altcoin gainer, up 13% on the day and nearly 48% on the week. No other altcoin in the top-100 has managed to add more than 10% on the day.

On the other end of the spectrum is Stacks (STX), which has lost 13% in the past 24 hours. Despite this, STX is still up by over 10% on the week and is currently trading for $1.27 after reaching a local low of $0.82 on July 21.

In other crypto news

  • Crypto exchanges and wallets can now be advertised on Google Ads, so long as they have registered with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). However, ICOs, IDOs, and loans, among other topics, are still disallowed.
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Kyle Baird
Kyle migrated from the East Coast USA to South-East Asia after graduating from Pennsylvania's East Stroudsburg University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2010. Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Kyle got his start buying stocks and precious metals in his teens. This sparked his interest in learning and writing about cryptocurrencies. He started as a copywriter for Bitcoinist in 2016 before taking on an editor's role at BeInCrypto at the beginning of 2018.
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