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CV Market Watch™: Weekly Crypto Trading Overview (August 2-9, 2019)
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(BTC) decisively broke away from the $9,500 level, avoiding drops to a lower range. The leading coin broke above $12,000 in one dramatic move mid-week, but later erased the gains and settled above $11,500.
Bitcoin (BTC) traded around $11,725.77, up more than 11% this past week. The leading coin saw slightly increased trading volumes near or above $20 billion’s equivalent.
The share of Tether (USDT) expanded slightly to 69% of all trades. USDT remains an active force in BTC activity, though currently more coins are moving on the network. BTC also gets a boost from peak mining levels ahead of the halving in 2020.
Ethereum (ETH) started to slide this week, as altcoins weakened overall. ETH traded at $210.27, sliding by 4.9% this week. The slide on Friday alone erased around 6% in 24 hours.
(XRP) returned to the $0.29 range, wiping out ar…
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Source: investing.com
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