<p>Market picture</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>Bitcoin
failed to break the $17K mark on Wednesday and has rolled back to $16.77K at
the time of writing. Price fluctuations remain more than subdued. BTC remains
slightly above its 50-day moving average (50-DMA). As capturing a critical
trending level has yet to encourage more buyers, it is worth looking cautiously
at the dynamics of the coming days.</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>Bitcoin was
able to touch a bottom at $16,000, signalled by a rise in the number of losing
addresses on the network, which exceeded 50% by the end of December, according
to a Coinbase report. The situation was similar in January 2015 and 2019, which
saw BTC bottom in previous cycles of decline.</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>The
situation in Ethereum is more optimistic, as it rallied powerfully yesterday on
a break of its 50-day average and is maintaining most of those gains on
Thursday morning. In addition, in ETHUSD, the 200 and the 50 SMA have already
turned upwards, which is one of the signs that the trend is changing. However,
we still need confirmation.</p><p>News background</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>Ripple CEO
Brad Garlinghouse expressed hope that US regulators will achieve regulatory
clarity on cryptocurrency regulation in 2023. In his view, the main problem is
that the US reference various past bills, but it is better to start from
scratch.</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>Sam
Bankman-Fried, the founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has refused
to plead guilty to eight charges. Bloomberg notes that refusing to plead guilty
will give Bankman-Fried more information about the evidence against him. A
trial is set for October.</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>The world’s
second cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will pay a $100 million fine.
Regulators note that the KYC requirement was followed formally by the exchange
and that the information provided by the user was not correctly verified when registering
a new client.</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>This article was written by <a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.fxpro.com/“ target=“_blank“ rel=“follow“>FxPro’</a>s Senior Market Analyst Alex
Kuptsikevich.</p>
failed to break the $17K mark on Wednesday and has rolled back to $16.77K at
the time of writing. Price fluctuations remain more than subdued. BTC remains
slightly above its 50-day moving average (50-DMA). As capturing a critical
trending level has yet to encourage more buyers, it is worth looking cautiously
at the dynamics of the coming days.</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>Bitcoin was
able to touch a bottom at $16,000, signalled by a rise in the number of losing
addresses on the network, which exceeded 50% by the end of December, according
to a Coinbase report. The situation was similar in January 2015 and 2019, which
saw BTC bottom in previous cycles of decline.</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>The
situation in Ethereum is more optimistic, as it rallied powerfully yesterday on
a break of its 50-day average and is maintaining most of those gains on
Thursday morning. In addition, in ETHUSD, the 200 and the 50 SMA have already
turned upwards, which is one of the signs that the trend is changing. However,
we still need confirmation.</p><p>News background</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>Ripple CEO
Brad Garlinghouse expressed hope that US regulators will achieve regulatory
clarity on cryptocurrency regulation in 2023. In his view, the main problem is
that the US reference various past bills, but it is better to start from
scratch.</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>Sam
Bankman-Fried, the founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has refused
to plead guilty to eight charges. Bloomberg notes that refusing to plead guilty
will give Bankman-Fried more information about the evidence against him. A
trial is set for October.</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>The world’s
second cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will pay a $100 million fine.
Regulators note that the KYC requirement was followed formally by the exchange
and that the information provided by the user was not correctly verified when registering
a new client.</p><p class=“MsoNormal“>This article was written by <a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.fxpro.com/“ target=“_blank“ rel=“follow“>FxPro’</a>s Senior Market Analyst Alex
Kuptsikevich.</p>
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