Bitcoin (BTC) is trading 5.2% higher over 24 hours to press time at $52,254 late Wednesday.
What’s Moving: The world’s apex cryptocurrency shot above $51,000 late Tuesday, draining the momentum out of altcoins.
As of press time, cryptocurrencies besides Bitcoin have found their momentum as well.
Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest virtual currency by market capitalization, traded 6.8% higher at $1,904.8. Among other smart contract platforms-based cryptocurrencies, Cardano (ADA) is up 6.8% at $0.91 and Polkadot (DOT) is up 3.7% at $31.95.
Litecoin (LTC), a fork of Bitcoin, is up 9.3% at $233.36. The Graph (GRT) has surged 15.4% to $2.28.
Binance Coin (BNB), which backs the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, is up 28% at $166.27.
Dogecoin (DOGE) remains muted, down 4% at $0.05, following Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s calls for whales to divest.
Several DeFi cryptocurrencies are outperforming Bitcoin over 24 hours, with UniSwap (UNI) up 10.2% at $21.91, Aave (AAVE) up 13.2% at $462.22, and Terra up 17.4% at $7.21. 0x traded 6.78% higher at $1.61 and SushiSwap (SUSHI) is up 8.94% at $16.56.
The total value locked in DeFi projects continues to rise, standing at $41.8 billion at press time, as per data from DeFi Pulse.
Why It’s Moving: The momentum in the cryptocurrency market is continuing based on rising institutional investor interest — a factor that analysts have considered key to this rally that took off last July.
Cryptoquant CEO Ki-Young Ju noted a positive Coinbase Premium trend — even as Bitcoin traded above $50,000 — as a signal that the rally is likely to continue.
Microstrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR) said Wednesday it was upping the target for its debt offering from $600 million to $900 million to fund its purchase of Bitcoin.
Financial website The Motley Fool announced it was purchasing $50 million worth of Bitcoin.
TradingAnalysis.com founder Todd Gordon told CNBC Wednesday that Bitcoin’s next resistance level won’t come until at about $170,000. Meanwhile, JPMorgan thinks the current Bitcoin price is “unsustainable.”
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