Monday, February 20, 2023

NDAX Market Report, Key Notes & Crypto Overview

FEB 13 - FEB 19

Market Updates

  • While Bitcoin and Ether both rallied significantly midweek… 
  • Following hawkish remarks from U.S. Federal Reserve officials signalling more upcoming interest rate hikes, both later corrected.
  • Leading digital asset Bitcoin had a tumultuous week, starting off the week at multi-week lows, but later reclaiming the CAD $33.5K level (an 8-month high) before correcting again to end the week.
  • Meanwhile, Ethereum also surged to new month highs on Thursday, before also correcting on hawkish Fed remarks.
  • In sum, the total crypto market cap ended the week up, buoyed by news of large-scale institutional investments in the space, as well as the launch of various new DeFi protocols.

Crypto News

  • SEC Sues Over TerraUSD Stablecoin That Rocked Crypto Bloomberg
  • Mt. Gox’s 2 Largest Creditors Pick Payout Option That Won’t Force Bitcoin Sell-Off: Sources Coindesk
  • SEC Land Grab: Crypto Enforcement Actions Accelerate Under Gensler Blockworks
  • Venture Capital Firm a16z Loses Vote on Uniswap’s Deployment to BNB Chain Unchained
  • Opinion: Bitcoin Ordinals Can Lift the Entire Crypto Ecosystem Coindesk

Market Moves

  • Bitcoin is currently the top trading pair on NDAX, followed by Tether, Ether, Solana and Shiba Inu.
  • Over the past 7 days, the value of Bitcoin (BTC) has increased by 12.98% and is currently being traded at $32,806. Ethereum (ETH) is up 12.09% during the same period and is now being traded at $2,269.
  • Other notable coins include:
    • VeChain (VET) with an increase of 30.25% in the past week.
    • Solana (SOL) with an increase of 27.96% in the past week.
    • Polygon (MATIC) with an increase of 23.04% in the past week.

Upcoming Events

  • Feb 24 - CME Options/Futures Expiry

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