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The SEC has finally approved the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US. This monumental decision opens the floodgates for eleven Bitcoin spot ETF issuers who have been patiently waiting in the wings, marking the beginning of a new era for cryptocurrency investing. Surprisingly Bitcoin’s price barely budged, only gaining about 1% in the hours after the news broke.

The largest token was trading at 19,999 at 22.30 IST Sunday. That's after a two-day drop of 7.6%, moving in tandem with US stocks on Friday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole conference. The wider crypto market retreated Sunday, with the MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 100 Index dropping 1% in its fourth straight day of declines. «Money is flowing out of risky assets. Crypto followed the sharp adjustment of the US stock market,» after Powell's remarks, said Cici Lu, CEO at Venn Link Partners. «Markets didn't like what he had to say and Bitcoin is resuming as a high-beta asset.» The $20,000 level acted as support for Bitcoin when it hit lows in recent months, but the cryptocurrency had worked its way higher in recent weeks. Before Saturday, it hadn't been below $20,000 since July 14, and had even crossed above $25,000 earlier in August.

Stock futures slipped in overnight trading following a rally on Wall Street as investors await a key jobs report Friday.

The price of bitcoin (BTC) on Thursday tested support around the USD 19,000 level after trimming some losses from early trading in Europe, while ethereum (ETH) fell to the important psychological level around USD 1,000.

Bitcoin price remained in a strong downtrend and traded below the USD 25,000 support zone. BTC tested the USD 21,000 level before recovering to almost USD 22,000 again. It is currently (03:51 UTC) trading near USD 21,900, with a major support near USD 20,500. BTC is down 14% in a day and 30% in a week. 

Crypto fund flows turned negative last week, after strong inflows the week before, bringing total assets under management to their lowest since July 2021. In addition, both on-chain signals and the crypto derivatives market is painting a bleak picture for the near term.

Bitcoin extended this month’s losses in Monday trade as investors shied away from risk assets amid a more hawkish outlook for Federal Reserve policy tightening. The largest cryptocurrency slid as much as 3.3% to $38,223, the lowest since March 15, and down more than 20% from last month’s high. The second-biggest coin, Ether, slumped as much as 4.8% to $2,799, a level not seen since March 18. Price charts are signaling further declines are likely, technical analysts say. Bitcoin has dropped below its Ichimoku cloud support on a weekly chart, with secondary support only coming in around $27,200, said Katie Stockton, founder and managing partner at Fairlead Strategies. She isn’t alone in seeing more downside.

XRP continued its correction trend on April 25, falling by 5.5% to reach $0.64, its lowest level since Feb. 28.

Bitcoin climbed above $41,000, advancing along with equities after China indicated it’s about to loosen monetary policy. The largest cryptocurrency rose as much as 0.6% to $41,500 on Thursday, gaining for a second day. Katie Stockton, co-founder of Fairlead Strategies LLC, said technical indicators she follows suggest Bitcoin could be due for a short-term bounce to as high as $51,000, assuming it can break through its 200-day moving average, which stands at just above $48,000. “We expect an oversold bounce and a higher low,” Stockton said.

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As the prices of both bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) have been locked in a tight range for this most part of this year, some analysts argue that the two may be bottoming or are soon to bottom – but with cautionary words attached against premature bullishness.