Crypto Markets Turn Red, With BTC Price Stuck Below $8,100

Published at: Oct. 23, 2019

Tuesday, Oct. 22 — Crypto markets are mostly showing red candlesticks, while Bitcoin (BTC) fails to impress with a sudden drop below the $8,100 price point.

Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360

Bitcoin was trading above the $8,200 price mark for the better part of the day, but has dipped below $8,100 in recent hours. The world’s largest cryptocurrency traded at an intraday high of nearly $8,300, before losing ground towards its current trading price of around $8,040. BTC is reporting a loss of almost 2% on the past 24 hours.

BTC daily price chart. Source: Coin360

For the second time, Bitcoin attempted to break above the $8,300 price point only to endure swift rejection. As Cointelegraph previously reported, BTC did not show any impressive price movements since the start of the weekend, when it managed to exit the $7,000 range. 

Ether (ETH), meanwhile, is currently sitting at $171.3 per coin. The number one altcoin saw a small dip in sync with BTC and is showing a loss of around 1.3% at publishing time.

Cointelegraph contributor Rakesh Upadhyay recently said that the bulls have been buying the dip close to $169 for the last few days. A positive sign, according to Upadhyay, because that means that buyers are not waiting for Ether to drop to the bottom of the range at $161.056. He added:

“If the bulls can push the price above the moving averages, a rally to the top of the range at $196.483 is possible. A break of this level can carry the price to $235.70 with minor resistance at $223.999.”

Ether seven-day price chart. Source: Coin360

XRP has been trading relatively flat for the better part of the day. The third-largest coin by market capitalization is currently trading at $0.2902 per coin, down 0.54% at press time. The news of San Francisco-based blockchain startup Ripple, adding three new appointments to its global regulatory team and joining the Blockchain Association, did not have any effect on the price of XRP.

XRP seven-day price chart. Source: Coin360

Top 20 altcoins turn red

All of the top 20 coins are showing red candlesticks, with Bitcoin SV (BSV) taking the title of worst top-20 performer of the day, showing a 4.5% loss on the day. Cosmos (ATOM) and Tezos (XTZ) follow closely with losses of more than 3% each. 

Although not in the top 20, the number 27 by market cap, Brave Browser’s Basic Attention Token (BAT), is showing impressive gains of more than 11% on the day, to trade at $0.24 per coin at press time.

The overall cryptocurrency market cap decreased from $223.3 billion to $218.5 billion, with Bitcoin making up 66.3% of the total.

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