{"id":21920,"date":"2022-08-08T09:55:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T04:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/?p=21920"},"modified":"2024-02-23T14:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:14:16","slug":"crypto-market-update-august-8-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/crypto\/crypto-market-update-august-8-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Market Update: 8 August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The broader crypto market has a positive start to the week, up by 1.66% at the time of writing. Last week was about <a href=\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/crypto\/solana-wallets-breached-in-multi-million-dollar-hack\/\">exploits<\/a> during the weekdays, followed by a relatively quiet weekend with fewer action elements. As we enter the second week of August, the global crypto market cap has steadily increased to $1.10 trillion\u00a0 up by almost 1.40% compared to Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monday mornings usually set the tone for the entire week. Let us see what it means for the entire crypto space\u2014by looking at some of the latest market indicators:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 24-hour market volume keeps dipping, down by a significant 8.19% compared to the weekend.<\/li>\n<li>Bitcoin dominance has dropped since last Friday and is currently stable at 40.37%.<\/li>\n<li>The Crypto Rupee Index (CRE8) has a flattish start to the week as it was seen trading at \u20b93,013.17 (as of 8 August, 8.00 a.m.), up by a marginal 0.39% in the last 24 hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key coins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the tepid market action, several individual cryptos have surged as of publishing time. Airswap (AST), a reliable DeFi project, appears to be in the lead\u2014 registering unrealized gains of 17.78%. Following AST is Loopring (LRC)\u2014 a layer-2 scaling solution of interest\u2014 up by 10.08%, spurred by a 226% rise in daily trading volumes.<\/p>\n<p>Chainlink (LINK) and Cosmos (ATOM) are also seen outperforming the market, gaining 8.80% and 6.62% respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Among the CRE8 constituents, BTC and ETH have been holding steady over the past 24 hours, gaining 1.43% and 1.83% in the process. However, Binance Coin (BNB) and Solana (SOL) have moved the most\u2014with a 5.67% and 4.29% uptick, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crypto Fear and Greed Index<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index (CFGI), a measure of investor sentiment, was at 31. Since then, it has dropped by a single point and is currently holding onto the 30 levels, indicating some buyer fear. Even though the index has improved significantly compared to the last month, where it was languishing at 11 (on 3 July), it would still require ample insights and caution to make strategic decisions. Measured on a scale of 0-100, lower scores represent fear, while higher scores point to investor greed.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, we can expect this to be an eventful week for crypto as the official Ethereum testnet merge (Goerli Merge) is due in a couple of days. Yet, we would recommend DYOR (doing your research) to make sense of the current market conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1708676999412\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How is the crypto market doing today?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>The crypto market is currently rising, with Bitcoin reaching around $50,000 as of February 13, 2024<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1708677092200\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">When the crypto market will go up?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Predicting when the crypto market will go up is challenging due to its volatility, but trends suggest it&#8217;s on an upward trajectory since October 2023<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1708677097726\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Which crypto will boom in 2023?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Ethereum (ETH) was among the best-performing cryptocurrencies in 2023, showing significant growth and potential<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1708677103519\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Which crypto to buy today?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>It&#8217;s recommended to research thoroughly based on your investment goals, but some options highlighted for potential investment in 2024 include Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and other promising altcoins<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The broader crypto market has a positive start to the week, up by 1.66% at the time of writing. Last week was about exploits during the weekdays, followed by a relatively quiet weekend with fewer action elements. As we enter the second week of August, the global crypto market cap has steadily increased to $1.10 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":21922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ayudawp_aiss_exclude":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[460,6552],"tags":[6467,6602,6536],"class_list":["post-21920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto","category-market-update","tag-crypto","tag-market-update","tag-news"],"acf":{"json_ld_schema":"\n[{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/us-stocks\/wall-street-jottings\/#FAQPage\",\"headline\":\"Wall Street jottings: A personal, guided tour to investing in US stocks\",\"keywords\":\"Personal Guide, US Investing, \",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-22T13:28:55+05:30\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-22T13:28:55+05:30\",\"dateCreated\":\"2022-07-22T13:28:55+05:30\",\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Praniket Nayka\",\"description\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/author\/praniket\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b22173b861c31fe922bbaf46c336561?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"height\":96,\"width\":96}},\"image\":[{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/us-stocks\/wall-street-jottings\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wall-Street-Jottings.jpg\",\"width\":\"1800\",\"height\":\"1080\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wall-Street-Jottings-1200x900.jpg\",\"width\":\"1200\",\"height\":\"900\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wall-Street-Jottings-1200x675.jpg\",\"width\":\"1200\",\"height\":\"675\"}]}]\n","json_ld_custom_schema":"","youtube_vodeo_url":"","seo":{"title":"","keywords":"","description":"","canonical":""},"blog_banner_image":false,"blog_coin":false,"download_the_app":{"button_value":"","button_url":""},"twitter_card":{"twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_link":""},"maturity_tag":"Beginner","post_author":false,"guest_author":false,"hide_toc":true,"key_takeways":false,"select_disclaimer":"Article Default Disclaimer"},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21920"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39798,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21920\/revisions\/39798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}