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Cryptocurrencies Price Prediction: Ethereum, Bitcoin & Cryptos – American Wrap 14 February

Ethereum Classic price coils up for a breakout with $30 in the cards for ETC

Ethereum Classic (ETC) price is trading with a bullish bias, but this directionality could be at a crossroads soon as the altcoin fills up a triangle.
Bitcoin (BTC) price does not show any signs of stopping and is pushing north to new yearly highs. The king of cryptocurrency has ignored bearish assertions by the chair of the US SEC, who said it is the token of choice for ransomware. 

US-listed crypto companies rose Wednesday as Bitcoin {{BTC}} climbed past $51,000 for the first time since December 2021, taking its market cap to $1 trillion.

Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value, added about 2.9% in the last 24 hours, while the CoinDesk 20 Index, a measure of the largest digital assets, rose around 2.1%. Ether {{ETH}}, the second-largest cryptocurrency, gained 3.2% to $2,754, the highest since May 2022, while the total crypto market cap touched $2 trillion for the first time since April that year.

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