The recent declines in the two largest cryptocurrency markets eased to begin the week. Both seemed to have found their respective floors. Bitcoin consolidated losses during Monday’s session, while ETH continued to trade sideways.
Bitcoin
Following a drop to a one-week low below $38,000 on Sunday, the price of bitcoin rebounded to start the week, as a support point seems to have finally been found.
BTC/USD fell to an intraday low of $37,577 earlier in today’s session, which was its lowest point since February 28, however prices have since moved away from this point.
As of writing, BTC/USD is trading 0. 59% higher, at a rate of $39,114. 31, following an earlier high of $39,277. 14
This rise in price comes as a result of bulls who bought yesterday’s drop, once the price found what looks to be a sustainable floor.
From the chart, history shows us that on February 4 and 28, a significant number of buyers entered the market.
This resulted in large price swings that helped form a bullish engulfing pattern, which wiped away between 2-3 days worth of drops.
Many now wait to see if history will repeat itself.
Ethereum
ETH continued its consolidation around the $2,600 range to start the week, as price movement in the world’s second largest crypto was largely muted.
Following three consecutive days of declines, ethereum appeared to find its floor at the $2,550 level on March 4, and since then, has mainly hovered above this point.
Despite falling to an intraday low of $2,507. 11 earlier today, ETH/USD has rebounded, and as of writing is trading at $2,649.07.
The 14-day RSI also shows that price strength is marginally higher, and is currently tracking at 43.8, after briefly falling below its floor of 41. 30 this past weekend.
Although bulls are likely lurking, some bears also remain, with the $2,400 floor a target for some who still believe more declines could be imminent.
Will we see this $2,400 floor hit this week? Are we ready to see a price rise? Comment below.
Eliman Dambell
Eliman has a broad perspective on market analysis. He is a former brokerage director, educator in retail trading, and commentator on Crypto, Stocks, and FX markets.
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Ethereum Layer 2 Arbitrum One Surpasses 1 Billion Transactions
Arbitrum One, the Ethereum Layer 2 optimistic rollup, has surpassed 1 billion transactions this week. This feat was accomplished by Arbitrum One within three years of its mainnet launch in August 2021.
As of October 1st, Arbiscan recorded a total of 1.003 billion transactions.
In comparison, Coinbase’s Layer 2 network, Base, has logged 755 million transactions so far, while OP Mainnet trails with 347 million.
Notably, Arbitrum One also leads in total value locked (TVL) among Layer 2 solutions, currently sitting at $14.3 billion, with Base at $7.32 billion and OP Mainnet at $6.57 billion, according to the data compiled by L2Beat.
Earlier last month, stablecoin issuer Paxos announced its plans to launch its products on Arbitrum One. The main objective behind the partnership is to further institutional integration onto the Arbitrum network and bring real-world assets on-chain.
Via Arbitrum, the company intends will tap into Ethereum’s deep liquidity at higher speeds and low cost and engage Arbitrum’s active DeFi ecosystem.
While weighing on choosing Arbitrum One as the first Layer 2 chain to integrate with Paxos, Walter Hessert, the company’s Head of Strategy, commented,
“We are excited to partner with Arbitrum to bring more real-world assets on-chain. Arbitrum is known for its speed, security and scalability, which is critical to driving long-term adoption of digital assets across industries. In the next three years, the adoption of stablecoins by both retail and institutional users will explode and Paxos will drive that paradigm shift.”
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