The Crypto Daily – Movers and Shakers – August 31st, 2020

It was a bullish start to the day. Bitcoin rallied from an early morning intraday low $11,480.0 to a late afternoon high $11,721.0.

Bitcoin broke through the first major resistance level at $11,582 and the second major resistance level at $11,672.

Late in the day, Bitcoin fell back to $11,620 levels before breaking back through the second major resistance level at $11,672.

The late recovery saw Bitcoin strike an intraday high $11,730 in the final hour.

The near-term bullish trend remained intact, supported by the latest move through to $12,000 levels. For the bears, Bitcoin would need to slide through the 62% FIB of $6,400 to form a near-term bearish trend.

The Rest of the Pack

Across the rest of the majors, it was a bullish day for the majors on Sunday.

Ethereum (+7.62%), Litecoin (+10.45%), and Tron’s TRX (+8.65%) led the way.

Binance Coin (+2.87%), Bitcoin Cash ABC (+3.25%), Bitcoin Cash SV (+3.32%), EOS (+4.20%), Monero’s XMR (+3.86%), and Ripple’s XRP (+3.28%) also made solid gains.

Cardano’s ADA (+0.96%), Stellar’s Lumen (+2.01%), and Tezos (+1.13%) trailed the front runners.

For the week, it was a mixed bag for the majors, however.

Binance Coin (+8.00%), Bitcoin Cash SV (+1.11%), Ethereum (+9.73%), Litecoin (+3.76%), Monero’s XMR (+6.38%), and Tron’s TRX (+11.05%) joined Bitcoin in the green.

It was a bearish week for the rest of the majors.

Bitcoin Cash ABC (-1.78%), Cardano’s ADA (-3.48%), EOS (-1.92%), Ripple’s XRP (-0.62%), Stellar’s Lumen (-4.55%), and Tezos (-3.75%) saw red.

In the week, the crypto total market fell to a Thursday low $329.40bn before rising to a Sunday high $359.74bn. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $357.31bn.

Bitcoin’s dominance rose to a Thursday high 62.28% before falling to a Sunday low 60.17%. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 60.54%.