First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Stays Above $19K as US Stocks Futures Slip Ahead of Earnings Reports

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Price Point

Bitcoin (BTC) was trading flat on Thursday, with little movement over the last 24 hours. The world’s largest cryptocurrency briefly dropped below $19,000 early Thursday but soon stabilized back just above at around $19,150.

Ether (ETH) was down slightly on the day, at around $1,290. It is still up slightly on the week, however

Top gainers on the day were Elrond’s EGLD and Huobi’s HT token, both up 3%.

In traditional markets, European stocks fell while yields on U.K. government bonds rose. U.S. stock futures slipped. Tesla’s shares dropped 5.4% in premarket trading after the electric-car maker reported third-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ expectations.

CoinDesk Market Index

Biggest Gainers

Asset Ticker Returns DACS Sector Chain XCN +12.17% Currency Radicle RAD +7.2% Computing Biconomy BICO +7.07% Smart Contract Platform

Biggest Losers

Asset Ticker Returns DACS Sector Ribbon Finance RBN -5.38% DeFi MetisDAO METIS -2.88% Smart Contract Platform Rally RLY -2.75% Culture & Entertainment

Sector classifications are provided via the Digital Asset Classification Standard (DACS), developed by CoinDesk Indices to provide a reliable, comprehensive and standardized classification system for digital assets. The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) is a broad-based index designed to measure the market capitalization weighted performance of the digital asset market subject to minimum trading and exchange eligibility requirements.

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Crypto Volatility Meltdown in Full Swing

By Omkar Godbole

• Stocks have become more volatile than bitcoin for the first time since July 2021.
• "This has only happened on four other occasions in bitcoin’s history, each time near a significant local bottom," Noelle Acheson, author of the Crypto is Macro Now newsletter, said in a note to subscribers.
• "Obviously, patterns don’t always repeat, but it is worth noting," Acheson added.