Bitcoin and major cryptocurrency prices were trading higher on Wednesday, attempting to bounce off their 2019 lows.
In Wednesday trading, a single bitcoin
BTCUSD, +1.20%
was changing hands at $3,471.05, up 1.2% since Tuesday’s level at 5 p.m. Eastern time on the Kraken crypto exchange. The cryptocurrency is looking to snap a five-day losing streak.
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What are analysts saying
“The price of bitcoin has been trading mostly sideways during the past three days and the fact that it failed to break above the 50-day moving average shows that the bulls have no momentum behind them,” wrote Naeem, Aslam, chief market analyst at Think Markets U.K.
“Having said this, things could change in the coming days because of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) has dipped into oversold zone. A reading near 30 shows that the price is oversold and it generally brings new buyers in the market and reading near 70 sends the message that it is overbought.”
The RSI is a momentum indicator that measures the magnitude of recent price changes that are defined as either overbought or oversold.
Altcoins and futures
Altcoins — the group of more than 2,000 cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin — were outperforming bitcoin on Wednesday. Ether,
ETHUSD, +3.10%
the digital currency of the ethereum blockchain, was up 3.3% at $107.95, Litecoin
LTCUSD, +2.64%
rose 2.7% to $31.55, Bitcoin Cash
BCHUSD, +6.12%
is up 6.2% at $116.30 and XRP,
XRPUSD, +10.36%
was the best-performing altcoin, up 10% to 32 cents.
Bitcoin futures were moving higher on Wednesday too. The Cboe Global Markets February contract
XBTG9, +1.26%
was up 1.6% at $3,425, while the CME Group February contract
BTCG9, +1.34%
rose 1.3% to $3,415.
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