As Fear of Bank Contagion Rises, So Does Bitcoin as Top Digital Asset Shines in Volatile Environment

While US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen claims the situation is stabilizing – not everyone in the banking sector is as certain.  Typically considered a mundane sector of finance and investing, US banks have tanked as everyone became aware of problematic balance sheets.

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Bitcoin price is trading at more than $28,000 per coin and is up nearly 78% year-to-date in 2023. This could only be a mere glimpse of what's to come, which could ultimately be the biggest rally in crypto in several years – even beating the performance of the 2020 bull run.

Exchanging hands at $27,524 per coin at press time, Bitcoin [BTC] ended last week's trading session with an impressive 35.8% increase in value, causing it to rally out of the deep bear market territory, Glassnode found in a new report.

Bitcoin (BTC) antagonist and former US president Donald Trump has recently been trending widely on social network channels, with many calling for his arrest.  #Arresttrump, a new trending hashtag The hashtag #arresttrump has been trending vastly on Twitter.

On Monday, the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic Eden announced the launch of Bitcoin Ordinal inscription support. Magic Eden said it has partnered with the wallets Hiro and Xverse to “bring a familiar wallet transaction experience to the marketplace.

On-chain data suggests Ethereum is in a better long-term growth position than Bitcoin and could thus see gains even after BTC's rally ends. Ethereum Exchange Reserve Hasn't Risen That Significantly Yet As an analyst in a CryptoQuant post pointed out, investors have been depositing Bitcoin into exchanges recently.

Bitcoin continues its upward trend as the global banking sector faces a crisis; the cryptocurrency has seen its best performance year to date. The BTC price has been pushing up due to a strengthening in the narratives and could see further upside ahead of a critical macroeconomic event.

According to technical analysts looking at the Bitcoin market on a short-term time horizon, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization looks like it could be on the verge of a breakout towards the psychologically important $30,000 level and perhaps on towards the next major resistance zone around $32,500-$33,000.

The BTC/USD is trading at 27,908, up by 2.50% in 24 hours. The US bank crisis fueled a weekend surge and Bitcoin momentarily reached $28,000 for the first time in nine months on Monday. However, the price dropped before the US Fed decided on interest rates.

On-chain data suggests the $28,700 mark, which Bitcoin has yet to hit since the LUNA collapse, could be the next major obstacle to clear for the asset. Bitcoin Has Been Under The $28,700 Level For 310 Days Now According to data from the on-chain analytics firm Glassnode, the $28,700 is the cost basis (that is, the acquisition price) of a specific whale group in the BTC market.

Monetary liquidity expectations is one driver moving crypto markets these days, though not in the way many think – even if easing is around the corner, liquidity is tight, says Noelle Acheson.