Cryptocurrencies Price Prediction: Ethereum, Altcoins & Bitcoin – American Wrap 19 February

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Ethereum Price Forecast: ETH transaction fees decline to an all-time low, bulls could force move above $2,850

Ethereum (ETH) recovered the $2,700 level on Wednesday despite its average transaction fees declining to an all-time low. The reduced fees could attract new users to the top Layer 1 (L1) blockchain and help bulls overcome the $2,850 critical resistance.

Ethereum Average Transaction Fees (7DSMA)

Altcoin market is forming a lower degree bullish setup

ALTcoin market with ticker TOTAL2, which excludes Bitcoin shows a completed higher degree wave 4 correction and it can be getting ready for a bullish continuation within wave 5. It could be forming a lower-degree bullish setup with waves (1) and (2), so as soon as it completes an ABC pullback in wave (2), watch out for strong bulls within wave (3) of a five-wave bullish cycle.

Bitcoin Price Forecast: BTC volatility hits multi-month lows, raising concerns of liquidation cascades

Bitcoin (BTC) price has been consolidating between $94,000 and $100,000 for two weeks. Defund exchange FTX repayments on Tuesday dipped Bitcoin towards its lower boundary of the consolidating range. A K33 report highlights volumes, yields, options premiums, and Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) flows have moved to areas not seen since before the US Presidential election in November, with volatility at multi-month lows and raising concerns of liquidation cascades.

BTC/USD volatility chart. Source: K33 Research

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Avalanche struggles near $12 as Grayscale files updated form for ETF

Avalanche trades close to $12 by press time on Wednesday, extending the nearly 2% drop from the previous day. Grayscale filed an updated form to convert its Avalanche-focused Trust into an ETF with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Bitcoin slips below $87,000 as ETF outflows intensify, whale participation declines

Bitcoin price continues to trade around $86,770 on Wednesday, after failing to break above the $90,000 resistance. US-listed spot ETFs record an outflow of $188.64 million on Tuesday, marking the fourth consecutive day of withdrawals.

Michael Selig assumes role as new CFTC Chair, what does this mean for crypto?

Michael Selig has been sworn in to serve as the 16th Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Selig was confirmed by the US Senate to head the commission last week, following his October nomination by the US President Donald Trump.

Crypto.com hires sports trader for event prediction market-making

Crypto.com plans to recruit a quant trader for the sports market-making team to buy and sell financial contracts related to these events. Opponents argue that internal trading desks put operators or their affiliates on the opposite side of customer trades.

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Bitcoin: Fed delivers, yet fails to impress BTC traders

Bitcoin (BTC) continues de trade within the recent consolidation phase, hovering around $92,000 at the time of writing on Friday, as investors digest the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) cautious December rate cut and its implications for risk assets.

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