• Bitcoin futures open interest reaches new ATH
• Ethereum transaction fees continue to rise
The cryptocurrency market has seen another good week with Bitcoin and Ethereum hit new yearly highs. Open interest in the BTC futures market has risen to a new record levels, as has the adoption of P2P in sub-Saharan Africa. The Bitcoin hash rate and Ethereum transaction fees also continued to increase. Bitcoin's market dominance decreased to 58.7%. The capitalization of all digital assets in circulation increased to almost 372 billion, while an average daily trading volume is registered at $98 billion.
Open interest in Bitcoin futures hits new ATH
The overall open interest in the bitcoin futures market is at an all-time high ($5.8 billion), with the institutional-focused platform CME accounting for close to $1 billion. Meanwhile premium rates on BTC futures are growing rapidly and we’re starting to see the same levels as in February this year. According to the report from Grayscale Investments, current BTC market structure is similar to “that of early 2016 before it began its historic bull run.” and the demand may continue due to inflation concerns. Grayscale analysts' noticed increase in long term holders as compared to short term speculation even during historic lows. Meanwhile Bitcoin hash rate jumped to record levels thanks to low electricity costs and a soaring BTC price.
Bitcoin price failed to stay above the major resistance at $ 12 000. Should downbeat moods prevail, support at $11 000may come into play. However, should bulls regain control, resistance at $ 13 000 could be at risk in mid-term. Source:xStation5Ethereum price pulled back from its yearly highs following news that Medalla test network came to a halt on August 14 when a bug took most of the testnet’s validators offline. Investors worried that this event might cause delay in launch of Ethereum 2.0. However, Raul Jordan, an editor at Prysmatic Labs (which builds technical infrastructure for the Ethereum blockchain) believes the incident "does not inherently affect the launch date” of Ethereum 2.0 and that the phase 0 launch can proceed as planned. The Medalla testnet is back up and running as of earlier today, though it’s not quite stable yet from all accounts. Meanwhile ETH fees increase even further last week, with August 13th setting a new all-time high fee level, at $8.1 million in daily transaction fees on Ethereum.
Ethereum price managed to reach a fresh new yearly highs this week. However, buyers were unable to hold onto gains and coin pulled back to the $400 handle that is the key support for now. Break below the aforementioned support would be a signal for deeper downward move. In such a scenario, the first key support can be found at $360.44. However if buyers manage to halt declines, another upward movement towards recent highs at $440.58 could be on the cards. Source:xStation5The content of this report has been created by XTB S.A., with its registered office in Warsaw, at Prosta 67, 00-838 Warsaw, Poland, (KRS number 0000217580) and supervised by Polish Supervision Authority ( No. DDM-M-4021-57-1/2005). This material is a marketing communication within the meaning of Art. 24 (3) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (MiFID II). Marketing communication is not an investment recommendation or information recommending or suggesting an investment strategy within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/958 of 9 March 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the technical arrangements for objective presentation of investment recommendations or other information recommending or suggesting an investment strategy and for disclosure of particular interests or indications of conflicts of interest or any other advice, including in the area of investment advisory, within the meaning of the Trading in Financial Instruments Act of 29 July 2005 (i.e. Journal of Laws 2019, item 875, as amended). The marketing communication is prepared with the highest diligence, objectivity, presents the facts known to the author on the date of preparation and is devoid of any evaluation elements. The marketing communication is prepared without considering the client’s needs, his individual financial situation and does not present any investment strategy in any way. The marketing communication does not constitute an offer of sale, offering, subscription, invitation to purchase, advertisement or promotion of any financial instruments. XTB S.A. is not liable for any client’s actions or omissions, in particular for the acquisition or disposal of financial instruments, undertaken on the basis of the information contained in this marketing communication. In the event that the marketing communication contains any information about any results regarding the financial instruments indicated therein, these do not constitute any guarantee or forecast regarding the future results.
