Market With Mixed Signals As Ether And Bitcoin Record Minor Gains

At press time, we can see that Bitcoin is trading at $10,430 which represents an increase of more than 4% on the day. The altcoin news, on the other hand, show that the price of Ether (ETH) has also recovered and is staying away from the red zone. This marks a market with mixed signals as both Bitcoin and altcoins are struggling to gain solid momentum.

In fact, BTC needs to climb by about 15% in order to retake the $12,000 barrier which was surpassed by it multiple times earlier this month. The latest cryptocurrency news show that anticipated BTC futures platform Bakkt announced that it has been approved for launch – namely by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSE) – and it will apparently roll out on September 23.

In a market with mixed signals like the one we are seeing, the number two cryptocurrency which is Ether (ETH) has turned around to trade slightly in the green today. As we can see in the coming altcoin news, ETH is trading over $185 and showing a minor increase on the day. The decline for Ethereum has still been shocking as the cryptocurrency slid down from $218 to $185 and fell by approximately 15% to hit the current price.

Ripple’s XRP token is also in the market with mixed signals. It is trading at $0.262 and trending down by more than 0.24% on the day. Just like the rest of the coins, XRP has been slumping over the course of the past week. Unlike BTC and ETH, XRP has not managed to get back into the green as of press time.

Alongside BTC and ETH, there are other top 20 cryptos in the green today which include the names of EOS, Tether (USDT), Bitcoin SV (BSV), Binance Coin (BNB), Monero (XMR), Dash (DASH), Tezos (XTZ) and Stellar (XLM). The total market capitalization right now is over $270 billion in a market with mixed signals.

Bitcoin’s uplift could sustain, analysts say. But in a volatile position like this, a bearish trend is also apparent – which could be beneficial for altcoins, especially when it comes to lowering Bitcoin’s dominance which is now at 69.2%.