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Market Wrap: Cryptocurrencies Decline With Equities, Traders Remain Cautious

Bitcoin's spot trading volume is at its lowest level in six months.

By Damanick Dantes, Angelique Chen
Updated May 11, 2023, 3:39 p.m. Published Jan 18, 2022, 9:18 p.m.
floor traders moshed (Shutterstock)
floor traders moshed (Shutterstock)

Most cryptocurrencies traded lower on Tuesday as rising bond yields continued to weigh on U.S. equities. As investors reduce their appetite for risk, the most speculative areas of global markets have been hit the hardest.

For example, the Nasdaq 100 is down about 5% from its all-time high, compared with a 4% drawdown in the S&P 500 and a roughly 37% drawdown for BTC. Government bonds, deemed to be a traditional safe haven investment, are also selling off as yields rise. The iShares 20+ year Treasury bond exchange-traded fund (NASDAQ: TLT) is down nearly 17% from its recent high.

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Still, despite the global market rout, bitcoin's spot trading volume is at its lowest level in six months. The "extended fearfulness, together with the recent low volatility, may have made traders hesitant to make moves," Arcane Research wrote in a report.

Derivative traders, however, have made some cautious moves recently. Leverage in the bitcoin futures market is skewed to the bearish side. That means short traders, or those positioned for continued price declines, could be forced to unwind their positions if BTC's price begins to rise. A rapid unwind could result in high volatility.

"The premier cryptocurrency is not growing because of the inaction on the part of retail and most importantly, institutional investors to stack up on the coin," Alexander Mamasidikov, co-founder of mobile digital bank MinePlex, wrote in an email to CoinDesk. Therefore, bitcoin's revival could depend on large investors returning at current or lower price levels despite macroeconomic headwinds.

Latest Prices

●Bitcoin (BTC): $41758, −0.94%

●Ether (ETH): $3122, −2.83%

●S&P 500 daily close: $4577, −1.83%

●Gold: $1814 per troy ounce, −0.14%

●Ten-year Treasury yield daily close: 1.86%


Bitcoin, ether and gold prices are taken at approximately 4pm New York time. Bitcoin is the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (XBX); Ether is the CoinDesk Ether Price Index (ETX); Gold is the COMEX spot price. Information about CoinDesk Indices can be found at coindesk.com/indices.

Short-term accumulation

The chart below shows a rise in addresses holding 0-100 BTC over the past month, indicating an accumulation of bitcoin by small accounts. Large holders (addresses holding 100-100,000 BTC), however, remained on the sideline as the price of bitcoin continued to decline in December.

"It’s easy to see retail accumulation (small accounts) as a positive sign, as it means retail buyers are re-entering BTC," Delphi Digital, a crypto research firm, wrote in a blog post. However, "the lack of whales (large accounts) increasing their BTC holdings could suggest there’s more blood to come," Delphi Digital wrote.

Retail traders tend to sell quickly, which means the recent accumulation could be short-lived, especially if BTC fails to hold current price levels. Therefore, a sustained price increase will need stronger conviction by large bitcoin holders, similar to what occurred in previous bull runs.

Bitcoin supply held by addresses (Delphi Digital)
Bitcoin supply held by addresses (Delphi Digital)

Fund outflows continue

Investors pulled money out of cryptocurrency funds for a fifth straight week, reflecting the bearish market mood as bitcoin suffered one of its worst-ever starts to a year.

Digital-asset investment products saw $73 million of outflows during the seven days through Jan. 14, according to a report published Monday by the crypto firm CoinShares. Read more here.

Digital asset investment products saw outflows totaling a weekly record of $73 million, the fifth straight week of outflows. (CoinShares)
Digital asset investment products saw outflows totaling a weekly record of $73 million, the fifth straight week of outflows. (CoinShares)

Altcoin roundup

  • Binance auto-burned its Binance token (BNB) last quarter, removing $750 million from circulation: Token burns are supposedly deflationary and usually meant to bring a store of value appeal to the cryptocurrency. A deflationary token’s circulating supply decreases over time, thus making it inflation-resistant or a store of value asset, according to Omkar Godbole. Read more here.
  • Hashdex to launch DeFi ETF: Brazil-based crypto asset manager Hashdex will launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) following 12 decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens. The ETF is developed in partnership with global crypto index provider CF Benchmarks, and will track UNI, AAVE, COMP and MKR, among others.
  • NFT marketplace OpenSea acquires DeFi wallet firm Dharma Labs: OpenSea has confirmed its acquisition of crypto wallet firm Dharma Labs, the company announced Tuesday. The acquisition, first reported as in the works by Axios on Jan. 4, comes just weeks after OpenSea received a $13.3 billion valuation in its latest funding round, according to Eli Tan. Read more here.

Relevant news

  • Intel to Unveil 'Ultra Low-Voltage Bitcoin Mining ASIC' in February
  • Animoca Brands Valuation More Than Doubles to $5.5B in Three Months
  • BSN’s Red Date Behind Shenzhen-Singapore Trade Blockchain Project
  • Bank of America Says UK CBDC Would Be More Than a Digital Form of Cash
  • Block’s Cash App Is Finally Integrating the Lightning Network

Other markets

Most digital assets in the CoinDesk 20 ended the day lower.

Asset Ticker Returns Sector Ethereum Classic ETC +2.7% Smart Contract Platform Bitcoin Cash BCH +1.0% CurrencyAsset Ticker Returns Sector Cardano ADA −7.4% Smart Contract Platform Litecoin LTC −5.7% Currency Chainlink LINK −5.5% Computing

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 20 is a ranking of the largest digital assets by volume on trusted exchanges.


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Damanick Dantes

Damanick was a crypto market analyst at CoinDesk where he wrote the daily Market Wrap and provided technical analysis. He is a Chartered Market Technician designation holder and member of the CMT Association. Damanick is also a portfolio strategist and does not invest in digital assets.

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