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Bitcoin (BTC/USD) is currently hovering around $71,000, marking a slight decrease of 1%. Despite this, the key pivot point at $70,600, indicated by the green line on the chart, is a crucial marker for traders eyeing a positive shift in crypto price predictions.

The Belgian government has unveiled plans to accelerate the development of a blockchain infrastructure project in Europe during its Council of the European Union presidency in early 2024.

The emergence of Web3 technologies has brought Web2-based companies to consider amendments to their current products and services. Many leading brands are using Web3 technologies such as nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to promote their brand as well as show their affiliation with emerging tech. 

A new draft of the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act (DCCPA) bill has started to circulate online, with some commentary suggesting it could be positive for decentralized finance (DeFi) and crypto.

After a successful Ethereum Merge, all eyes are set on the next phase of transition that would introduce key scalability solutions on the platform, including sharding. Market experts believe sharding would be a game changer for the Ethereum network as it could potentially solve the scalability trilemma.

Bitcoin (BTC) rose to a seven-day high above $24,000 this week. This is the highest price level of BTC since mid-June. However, BTC has found it hard to break higher, with a subsequent cooling pushing it to lows of $22,600 on Friday evening. Financial analysts have stated that the sentiment across the market is improving as the negativity heightened by recent turmoil dissipates. A similar pattern was observed in the price of Ethereum (ETH). It is currently consolidating above the $1,500 level. The price of ETH has faced resistance near the $1,600 level. The next possible resistance is near $1,700. The cryptocurrency market crash in June 2022 was spurred by momentary de-risking from Wall Street as several investors now feel highly pessimistic regarding the economy due to increasing inflation, a vulnerable stock market, and rising interest rates. In the last few months, the cryptocurrency market has increasingly tracked the stock market. This makes it more intertwined with global economic factors.

Liquidations of leveraged short positions in Ethereum’s native token ETH surged over the weekend along with a strong move above the key USD 1,300 price level as sentiment in the ETH market improved markedly.