Ethereum, which is trending steadily, rose 3.8% from the previous week, while Solana, which suffered a major failure for the first time in a year, temporarily fell sharply

Macroeconomics and financial markets

On the 6th, in the US New York stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 141.2 points (0.37%) higher than the previous day, and the Nasdaq Index closed 11.3 points (0.07%) higher.

U.S. stocks related to crypto assets (virtual currency), which have been on a steep rise and fall since the beginning of the year, showed a rebound, with Coinbase up 2.1% and Riot up 4.3%.

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Virtual currency market conditions

In the crypto asset (virtual currency) market, the Bitcoin price rose 0.31% from the previous day to 1 BTC = $42,953.

BTC/USD daily

It has been revealed that MicroStrategy, which holds a large amount of Bitcoin (BTC), continued to purchase 850 BTC (equivalent to $37 million) in January of this year, reaching 190,000 BTC.

In January, @MicroStrategy acquired an additional 850 BTC for $37.2 million and now holds 190,000 BTC. Please join us at 5pm ET as we discuss our Q4 2023 financial results and answer questions about our #bitcoin strategy and business outlook. $MSTR https://t.co/j5SbcELsue

— Michael Saylor (@saylor) February 6, 2024

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Ethereum (ETH) is trending relatively steadily, rising 2.2% from the previous day.

ETH/USD weekly

Rekt Capital said that the price movement of ETH shows positive signs technically.

$ETH already showing signs of price stability at this ~$2274 Range Low support

Still technically positioning itself for a repeat of last month’s move#ETH #Crypto #Ethereum https://t.co/3ljv7fTkm4 pic.twitter.com/zerO7PfOlJ

— Rekt Capital (@rektcapital) February 6, 2024

As the final testnet launch of the Dencun upgrade nears, and once the deployment is successfully completed, there are plans to decide on the Dencun mainnet launch date, as well as expectations for approval of the Ethereum spot ETF (exchange traded fund). It is seen as.

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Rekt Capital also mentioned the market capitalization of the altcoin market. If it breaks out of the milestone line, a hype cycle will begin in the first quarter.

From the perspective of encouraging capital inflows into crypto assets (virtual currencies), the US Federal Reserve’s intentions to cut interest rates early are receding due to strong economic indicators in the US. Chairman Powell, while using cautious language, effectively ruled out the possibility of a rate cut in March.

There is a growing view that capital inflows into risk assets will be restricted until the middle of this year, potentially exposing them to selling pressure, and the impact of the macro economy could have a strong impact on the market price after the Bitcoin halving. Dew.

Amid growing concerns about China’s economic recession, some are pointing to capital inflows from China based on the withdrawal of money from the sluggish stock market. This is believed to be due to the 8% plunge in the CSI 1000 index, which covers many Chinese stocks.

The CSI index fell -21.6% in 2021, 21.8% in 2022, and 11% in 2023, suggesting that global investors have retreated from the Chinese stock market. Chinese authorities are tightening regulations on short selling.

Reuters reported on the 25th of last month that some Chinese investors are starting to move their funds into crypto assets (virtual currencies). According to Bloomberg, mainland China and Hong Kong stock markets have lost $6 trillion (900 trillion yen) in market capitalization since their previous peaks.

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The Solana (SOL) blockchain has experienced its first major failure since February 2023.

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Although SOL prices plummeted by more than 4% at one point, the impact remained slight, dropping 0.2% from the previous day as the price recovered.

According to a weekly report from asset management firm CoinShares, Solana received $13 million in inflows into exchange traded products (ETPs) last week, far exceeding Ethereum’s $6 million.

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