The cryptocurrency market has continued to attract more cash inflows from all over the world. According to a weekly report from CoinShares, cash inflows to crypto investment products reached $2.45 billion last week, thus bringing the year-to-date inflows to around $5.2 billion. While 99 percent was designated for Bitcoin (BTC), the rest was shared among Ethereum (ETH), Avalanche (AVAX), and Solana (SOL).
Crypto Confidence on the Rise
The confidence in the confirmed crypto bull market has significantly increased in the past few weeks. Moreover, Bitcoin price closed above $52,000 for the first time in more than two years. Additionally, Ethereum price has teased $3,000 for the first time since the beginning of the 2022/2023 crypto bear market. Most importantly, the total crypto market capitalization has crossed $2 trillion and sustained in the past few days.
Cautionary Note
📈😮 A major increase in money has been entering into #cryptocurrency, which should be a surprise to no one. Notably, there has been a dramatic increase in the speculation of derivatives in #crypto as market caps have risen significantly the past 4 months. With pic.twitter.com/arM5nxCMlY
— Santiment (@santimentfeed) February 19, 2024
According to on-chain data analysis provided by Santiment, the majority of crypto assets have registered heightened open interest (OI) in the past few weeks. Specifically, Bitcoin has crossed the $10 billion mark for the first time since July 2022. Similarly, the altcoin market led by Ethereum, Solana, and Chainlink (LINK) has experienced a significant uptick in Open Interest.
🧮 Based on average trading returns, many assets have seen understandably high profits since markets began booming all the way back in mid-October, 2023. Outside of a few lagging #altcoins, the vast majority of #crypto projects have generated profits for the average
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— Santiment (@santimentfeed) February 20, 2024
With the majority of the crypto assets having registered notable gains since last October’s breakout, Santiment highlighted that several indicators are pointing to an overbought situation. Based on the Market-Value-to-Realized-Value (MVRV) indicator, Santiment noted that the crypto market has entered a possible reversal zone after four months of a winning streak.
Nevertheless, the crypto market could easily continue on a bullish outlook amid heightened demand from institutional investors and retail traders.
Qadir AK
Qadir Ak is the founder of Coinpedia. He has over a decade of experience writing about technology and has been covering the blockchain and cryptocurrency space since 2010. He has also interviewed a few prominent experts within the cryptocurrency space.
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