Crypto Market Overview 04/11

Bitcoin led other crypto in a market-wide drop on Monday, April 11, falling almost 4.75 percent since the market opened, despite reaching $47,000 earlier in the week. Bitcoin is currently selling at roughly $40,878 as of this writing.

The gloom has caused the whole crypto market to drop below $2 trillion, with 121,869 traders having their long positions terminated indefinitely after losing over $100 billion and $352 million in liquidations in the last 24 hours. According to Coinglass, the greatest single liquidation order was for XBTUSD worth $10 million on BitMEX.

Ethereum, which has overtaken Bitcoin in recent weeks, has battled to hold its ground above $3k amid the overnight sell-off, and is now trading at $3,034, down 6.55 percent since the daily begin.

Cardano, Terra (LUNA), Avalanche (AVAX), Solana, and XRP are the largest losses among the top ten currencies, having lost 8.73 percent, 7.57 percent, 9.31 percent, 8.78 percent, and 6.89 percent in the last 24 hours, respectively.

Some have attributed Monday’s market tilt to a variety of factors, including market hesitation following the announcement of a worse-than-expected personal consumption expenditures price index (PCE) on Thursday, which sent US stocks plunging.

In February, the index, which is the Federal Reserve’s favored inflation barometer, reached a 40-year high, climbing by 6.4 percent year-over-year, confirming rising inflation as seen by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) last month. This makes the FED’s strategy to control inflation even more difficult, trapping investors in the process.

Energy costs have risen dramatically as a result of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as the US and its allies move in to shut off Russian energy shipments. Supply chain interruptions, as well as expensive labor and operating costs, have all contributed to the current inflation.

Bitcoin, according to market analyst Gareth Soloway, is expected to fall back below $30,000. He believes that today is “a horrible time to get into Bitcoin,” and that an entry after a decent pullback is preferable.

However, $40,000 is undoubtedly a widely monitored support, with several analysts, like veteran trader Peter Brandt, expecting a retest there following what appeared to be an ascending triangle.

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