$Bitcoin(BTC.CC)$ and $Ethereum(ETH.CC)$ traded in the green on Tuesday evening as the global cryptocurrency market cap fell 0.8% to $974.3 billion at press time.
| Coin | 24-hour | 7-day | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) | 0.3% | -8.7% | $21,214.57 |
| Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) | 0.9% | -5.2% | $1,448.63 |
| Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) | 0.5% | -9.05% | $0.06 |
| Cryptocurrency | 24-Hour % Change (+/-) | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Qtum (QTUM) | +7.8% | $3.65 |
| OKB (OKB) | +5.3% | $15.42 |
| Ethereum Classic (ETC) | +8.1% | $25.16 |
Why It Matters: Risk assets like stocks and cryptocurrencies continue to remain correlated. At press time, major coins traded higher as stock futures rose.
The $S&P 500 index(.SPX.US)$ and $NASDAQ 100 Index(.NDX.US)$ futures rose 0.8% and 1.4%, respectively, at press time as investors digested earnings data from Google's parent $Alphabet-A(GOOGL.US)$$Alphabet-C(GOOG.US)$ and $Microsoft(MSFT.US)$, the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant.
Cryptocurrency investors are also on tenterhooks regarding the ongoing U.S. Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee meeting, where an interest rate hike is expected.
Foreign exchange trader Miad Kasravi tweeted that the Bitcoin mean reverts each time there is an FOMC meeting. The price action for the apex coin tends to reverse leading up to the meeting, according to the charts shared by the trader.
Michaël van de Poppe, a cryptocurrency trader, described Google's earnings as "very strong" and said Microsoft's were also "not bad."
"Probably [a] sell-off happening going into tomorrow's FOMC meeting," said Van de Poppe, adding that he expects "green after."
On-chain data company Glassnode tweeted that small investors, or shrimps, with less than 1 BTC holding have increased their holdings of circulating Bitcoin supply from 5.2% to over 6% since Terra Classic (LUNC) collapsed.
Going forward, investors will focus on earnings from $Apple(AAPL.US)$ and $Amazon(AMZN.US)$, which will be released on Thursday. Also due Thursday is the second-quarter U.S. GDP data.
If earnings and U.S. GDP are worse than expected, we could see increased fear in the market as recession concerns strengthen."
- wrote GlobalBlock analyst Marcus Sotiriouin a note, seen by Benzinga.