Bitcoin Holds Above $22K, Ethereum, Dogecoin Rise: Analyst Sees Apex Crypto Hitting This Level After 'Giga God' Candle Squeeze

Zinger Key Points
  • Genesis held $5.1 billion in liabilities following its freeze on withdrawals in November.
  • Bitcoin surged above $22,000, and was trading at its highest level since mid-September.

Major coins remained more or less steady on Sunday evening after cryptocurrency lender Genesis held $5.1 billion in liabilities following its freeze on withdrawals in November.

Cryptocurrency Gains Price
Bitcoin -0.20% $22,781
Ethereum +0.74% $1,639
Dogecoin +4.71% $0.089

What Happened: The largest cryptocurrency by market value Bitcoin BTC/USD held itself above $22,000 and was trading at its highest level since mid-September. Ethereum ETH/USD was up 0.7% at $1,639, while Dogecoin DOGE/USD was up 4.71% in the last 24 hours at $0.089.

U.S. equities closed higher on Friday as investors digested mixed earnings reports from leading banks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite soared 2.6%, while the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) gained 1.8% and 1.0%, respectively. Rising demand for tech shares and optimism among investors on the outlook for corporate profits drove the markets higher. 

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Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe said the total market capitalization has broken through the 200-Day EMA, a positive sign for crypto and a sign that the market may continue to rally up to $25,000 or may undergo a corrective pullback to $19,500. 

Rekt Capital, a pseudonymous analyst, said that Bitcoin’s dominance has reached red resistance and appears to have slightly overextended it on the one-day chart. This has led to some altcoin breakouts, but Bitcoin dominance may be retesting red right now.

Crypto Kaleo, another pseudonymous analyst, anticipates that the upcoming breakout will resemble the one which occurred in March or April of 2019 following a long-term trend break. The chart he shared displays several days of low-range trading above the breakout level, followed by a jump to around $30,000.

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