The cryptocurrency market seems to have been cooling off throughout the past seven days, decreasing to its current capitalization of $1.69 trillion. This comes a week after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission approved a spot Bitcoin ETF.
Undoubtedly, the above has been on everyone’s mind for the last few months. Now that the approval is finally here, the market is cooling down. Somewhat expectedly, the ETF didn’t attract hundreds of billions of inflows. In fact, the cumulative holdings of all Bitcoin ETFs as of January 18th was around $26 billion, with the lion’s share being held by Grayscale (581,274 BTC).
Meanwhile, the Commission recently postponed a resolution on Fidelity’s proposed spot ETH ETF – a move that has resulted in a decline in the asset’s price. Ethereum’s native token currently trades at around $2450, down 7.7% on the week.
In general, BTC dropped by 8.4%, SOL – by 6.1%, XRP – by 9.1%, ADA – by 15%, AVAX – by 14%, and so forth.
The best performer seems to be Binance Coin (BNB), which is up 1.3% on the week and is the only cryptocurrency in green for the period.
It’s interesting to see if the calm will continue throughout the next week, given that we are more or less four months away from the much-anticipated Bitcoin halving – slated for late April.
Market Data
Market Cap: $1.676T | 24H Vol: $100B | BTC Dominance: 47.4%
BTC: $40,620(+2%) | ETH: $2,439 (+18.5%) | BNB: $310 (-2.9%)
