Altcoin Underdogs Outperform Bitcoin To Kick Off 2022
Altcoins have started the year 2022 with an overperformance over Bitcoin. Out of all the various indexes, the mid-cap coins seem to have accumulated the most gains so far. Bitcoin Starts The Year Underperforming The Altcoins As per the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, Bitcoin’s 2022 has started with the coin underperforming in front of various altcoins. Throughout 2021, most of the altcoins managed to beat BTC in terms of overall gains. And it looks like this year also hasn’t been any different so far. Here is a chart that shows how the various altcoins have compared....
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Ethereum may outperform bitcoin, the Republic of Liberland shows interest in Dash, and an altcoin hub turns one. Want to catch up on your latest altcoin news? Read the stories below. ETHEREUM. Ethereum could potentially outperform bitcoin towards the end of the year. One analyst points out that a recent panic selling of bitcoin spurred from the recent drop in its price due to regulatory rumours stemming from China. Bitcoin swung around sporadically on the charts, only to rapidly rise back up and enter a trading haven of around $730 earlier this week. The analyst claims that while such a....
As the price of Bitcoin hovers just around $43,000, the cryptocurrency community is buzzing with expectation. This is due to the sideways price action following Federal Reserve commitment to decrease balance sheet. Bitcoin and Crypto Market Crash The price of bitcoin fell below $44,000 shortly after the Federal Reserve’s December FOMC meeting notes re-confirmed efforts to regulate the balance sheet. After minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December FOMC meeting revealed that the regulator is dedicated to reducing its balance sheet and hiking interest rates in 2022, Bitcoin....
Clever traders frequently use these three indicators to pinpoint when an altcoin season could begin. It's widely accepted that the fate of the cryptocurrency market depends largely on the performance of Bitcoin (BTC), which makes times like these for crypto traders who prefer to invest in altcoins. When BTC price is down, altcoins tend to follow, but as a bottoming process begins, altcoins tend to perk up during Bitcoin's consolidation phases and this typically leads to a call for an altcoin season. While Bitcoin's current dip below $30,000 shows that it's a bit premature to call for an....
In the crypto top 10 by market cap, Bitcoin reigns supreme with no other cryptocurrency close to matching its performance in the daily (-1%) and weekly (16.6%) charts. While BTC’s price trades at $57,415, near its previous highs before May’s crash, the altcoin market lags. The second cryptocurrency by market cap, Ethereum (ETH), records a 3.9% loss in the daily and only a 2% profit in the weekly chart. In the meantime, ADA (-4.7%), XRP (-5.7%), SOL (-5.4%), DOT (-6%) are in the red alongside other major coins. Related Reading | Bitcoin Over $100,000 Is Still Possible By Year-End, Says....
XRP continues to lag behind the rest of the market, but an inverse head and shoulders pattern has investors hopeful that the altcoin will soon outperform Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others finally after a period of stagnancy. Ripple holders, however, may want to avoid getting ahead of themselves, as two other, much larger matching reversal patterns […]