Crypto Prices Today: Bitcoin Price above $19,000, Ethereum below $1300, Polkadot, Ripple XRP, LINK record huge losses

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Top crypto tokens by market cap – Bitcoin price is down about 1% trading around $19,100, Ethereum price at about $1290, down about 1.8%.
2. Global crypto market cap is down about 1.2% in the past 24 hours, currently at about $924 billion.
3. Top crypto news – In a major bullish view for Bitcoin, over 34,700 BTC taken off exchanges in a day, Shiba Inu (SHIB) burn rate surges 1900% in 24 hours, Uniswap DEX founder planning to raise $100-200 million.

CRYPTO MARKET TODAY AT A GLANCE

CRYPTO CRASH – MARKET OVERVIEW

Total Crypto Market Cap | Source: Tradingview

The overall crypto market has managed to hold on to its levels over this weekend. However, it is significantly below its crucial resistance levels, so flipping those would be difficult to achieve. Crypto price is still marginally above the lowest points if we have a year to date view but other than that, all indications point to selling pressures across the board. Crypto price is well below the psychological support level of $1 trillion and also the 50 day moving average (marked in cyan).

Along with those, the Relative Strength Index for the overall crypto market cap is around 40 as of writing, which will bring about strong selling pressures too. Trading volumes over the last couple of days have been low too. Unless crypto price is able to breach through the 50 mark on the RSI and also the 50 day moving average, proper breakout would be very difficult. So overall things seem moderately bearish in the crypto market as of now.

Additional Read: Bitcoin Price Prediction

TOTAL VOLUME IN DEFI

According to data from CoinMarketCap, the total volume in DeFi is currently $3.87B, 8.38% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume. The volume of all stable coins is now $43.84B, which is 94.86% of the total crypto market 24-hour volume.

And, according to DeFiLlama, the total-value-locked in DeFi as of writing this stands around $54.7 billion, down about 0.7% in the past 24-hours.

TOP CRYPTOS TODAY BY MARKET CAP

BITCOIN PRICE TODAY

BTC/USD | Source: Tradingview

Bitcoin price so far has managed to sustain above the last remaining trendline support on the charts (marked in black), which also happens to be the lowest points YTD. Currently trading barley above the $19,000 mark, things seem better for BTC price than it was two weeks ago. But the fact of the matter is that Bitcoin price is still in a very dicey situation, threatening to break down below the YTD lows any time now.

Over the weekend, Bitcoin price had managed to gain some value but has lost most of it and is back to where it was four days ago once again. Trading volumes for Bitcoin has been low over the weekend too, suggesting underlying fear in the market. With the Relative Strength Index just below 45 as of writing, BTC price could be a better recovery candidate amongst the top cryptos. So for the king coin, the next couple of days are going to be extremely crucial, which also explains why trading volumes are low and possibly traders are waiting for a convincing directional signal before entering a trade.

Additional Read: Bitcoin Price Prediction

Source: Blockchaincenter.net

ETH/USD | Source: Tradingview

Ethereum price too, like the overall crypto market cap and Bitcoin price has managed to sustain its levels over the weekend. However it must be noted that ETH price has managed to sustain above its immediate trendline support (marked in black) and is still well above the YTD lows, thanks to the incredible price rally it saw ahead of the Ethereum Merge. However, Ethereum price has lost most of its gains post the Merge despite the network upgrade taking place without a single hitch.

Technically, as mentioned earlier ETH price has managed to sustain above the crucial trendline support (marked in black). However, apart from that, the Relative Strength Index for Ethereum is below 40 as of writing, which would bring about strong selling pressures on the altcoin king. So overall, Ethereum seems to be the weaker option as of now.

Additional Read: Ethereum Price Prediction

OTHER ALTCOINS

BINANCE COIN (BNB)

Binance Coin (BNB) price gained about 1% in the past 24-hours and is currently trading at around $284.5 - with a current market cap of $45.9 billion as of writing.

RIPPLE (XRP)

Ripple (XRP) price lost about 7.2% in the past 24-hours and is currently trading at around $0.4411 - with a current market cap of $22.1 billion as of writing.

CARDANO (ADA)

Cardano (ADA) price lost about 2.7% in the past 24-hours and is currently trading at around $0.4201 - with a current market cap of $14.3 billion as of writing.

DOGECOIN (DOGE)

Dogecoin (DOGE) price lost about 2.6% in the past 24-hours and is currently trading at around $0.05922 - with a current market cap of $7.8 billion as of writing.

SHIBA INU (SHIB)

Shiba Inu (SHIB) price lost about 1.2% in the past 24-hours and is currently trading at around $0.00001102 - with a current market cap of $6 billion as of writing.

TOP CRYPTO NEWS TODAY

1. BITCOIN'S BULLISH ACTION: OVER 34,700 BTC MOVED OFF EXCHANGES IN A DAY

In an analysis by analytics firm Santiment has shown that 34,723 BTC has been taken off crypto exchanges on 30 September. This marks one of the biggest off exchange movements in the past three months and the fourth largest Bitcoin action in 2022. This is a major bullish indication for Bitcoin since typically crypto tokens being moved off the exchanges indicates that investors are likely to hold the crypto for a longer period in their cold wallets.

👍 #Bitcoin saw 34,723 of its coins move off exchanges on September 30th, indicating what may be a hint of trader confidence heading into Q4. The last time at least this much $BTC left exchanges was June 17th, where prices jumped +22% the next 4 weeks. https://t.co/QUCCAllxtj pic.twitter.com/vPG1RKWUpX

— Santiment (@santimentfeed) October 2, 2022

2. SHIB BURN RATE SURGES NEARLY 1900% AHEAD OF SHIBA ETERNITY GAME

On 1 October, Shiba Inu recorded one of the largest spikes in burn rates. According to date from Shibburn burn tracker has reported that in the 24 hours of 1 October, 2022 - SHIB burn rates surged 1900%, as compared to the day before, sending a total of 268,160,328 SHIB has been sent to unspendable wallets and locked there permanently. This time, the largest chunk of SHIB was burned by Shibburn itself – this platform shifted 257,495,644 meme tokens to an “inferno” dead wallet.

In the past 24 hours, there have been a total of 268,160,328 $SHIB tokens burned and 10 transactions. Visit https://t.co/t0eRMnyZel to view the overall total of #SHIB tokens burned, circulating supply, and more. #shibarmy

— Shibburn (@shibburn) October 1, 2022

3. UNISWAP FOUNDER PLANNING TO RAISE $100 MILLION IN FUNDING ROUND

The builders and developers behind the largest decentralised crypto exchange (DEX) by trading volume - Uniswap - is planning to raise somewhere between $100-200 million. According to a recent report by TechCrunch, anonymous sources have said that the funding is being raised to expand its offerings on the DEX.

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Prices as of 3rd October 2022.