BTC price falls as investors focus on the original ‘Doomsday asset,’ gold

By Omkar Godbole (at all times and unless indicated otherwise)
The crypto market continues to lose its land, driven by failure in the absence of a US government plan to buy Bitcoin under a newly announced strategic plan reserves and amid repeating Macroeconomic concern.
BTC fell to $ 80,000 late on Sunday, trading below the 200-day simple transfer of average, and Ether took a macro bullish trendline with a dip below the long support of $ 2,100. The other coins followed the two nobility, posting greater losses.
“Many investors are pulling Bitcoin, viewing it as a dangerous property for the first time since Trump took the White House,” said Zach Burks, CEO and founder of NFT-Service Provider Matlogy. “It no longer plays its role as a store of value. Gold prices spark a lot back to the original ‘Doomsday asset,’ which is not surprising as tariffs and grenades continue to be thrown around the world.”
Tariffs make it more difficult for the Fed to advance rate cuts despite the ongoing decline in pace with real-time inflation indicators. On Friday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said Central Bank is waiting for more clarity on Trump’s policies before making the next move.
Meanwhile, Japan Fastest Base Pay Rise In 32 years the case has been strengthened for an increase in the BOJ rate, which drives the country’s bond bond and the yen is higher. Strength bouts in haven’s money are usually breeding volatility at risk properties.
However, some observers are unsure of the weakness in the market, specifically visible on the weekend, may be perennial. “Trade volumes on the weekend are very low, reducing the bearish signal value,” Alex Kuptsianvich, the FXPRO chief market analyst, told CoinDesk.
“We note that sellers are pushing the price in times of low liquidity, but the price is returning to the arrival of institutional consumers. It looks like big buyers have enough liquidity left to buy the drawdown,” Kupsianvich said. Stay alert!
What to watch
- Crypto:
- Macro
- March 10, 7:50 pm: The release of the Japanese cabinet office (final) Q4 GDP data.
- GDP growth annual prev. 1.2%
- GDP RATE RATE QOQ EST. 0.7% compared to Prev. 0.3%
- March 11, 8:00 am: The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) has released production data of the January Industry.
- Industrial Production Mom Prev. -0.3%
- Industry Production Yoy Prev. 1.6%
- March 11, 10:00 am: The US Labor Department Department reports January Jolts (work openings, hires, and separation).
- Openings of Job EST. 7.71m compared to Prev. 7.6m
- The job stops prev. 3.197m
- March 10, 7:50 pm: The release of the Japanese cabinet office (final) Q4 GDP data.
- We are (Estimates based on factset data)
Events with the token
- Votes and Management Calls
- Unlocks
- March 12: Aptos (APT) to unlock 1.93% of the shifting -transfer supply worth $ 62.09 million.
- March 15: StarkNet (Strk) to unlock 2.33% of its circulating -shifted supply worth $ 10.25 million.
- March 15: The SEI (SEI) to unlock 1.19% of its circulating -transfer supply worth $ 10.99 million.
- March 16: Arbitrum (ARB) to unlock 2.1% of his circulating -transfer supply worth $ 33.46 million.
- March 18: FastToken (FTN) to unlock 4.66% of his circulating -shifting supply worth $ 80 million.
- March 21: Unable to change (IMX) to unlock 1.39% of the shifting -transfer supply worth $ 13.13 million.
- Token lists
Conference
Token talk
By Shaurya Malwa
- Zerebro (Zerebro), formerly a famous AI agent, crashed 96% from the January peak market cap over $ 800 million to just $ 33.5 million.
- AI agents were among the hottest sectors in October and November, seeing the fast listing through the exchanges and advancements of the influencers in the narrative of a coherence between crypto and artificial intelligence.
- Zerebro created its own music album and offered NFTs to fans, with plans of introducing a platform that allowed token holders to launch their own AI agents. It reached more than 120,000 followers in X in a short time.
- The basics remain strong, however, offer hope for those looking to invest in AI agent tokens. The project was selected as one of the validators for Blockchain story dedicated to IP last weekPlaying a role in a future economy that is fully governed by AI agents and machines.
- A validator is a critical participant on a blockchain network, which is responsible for the verification and validation of transactions and blocks to ensure the security and construction of any network.
- Story protocol validators have specific responsibilities consistent with the management protocol mission and monetization of intellectual ownership to a blockchain, and validators are paid in return to ensure that the network is constantly working.
Derivatives positioning
- Eternal funding rates on BTC, Sol, ADA, XRP and TRX have flipped negatively, pointing to a bias for shorts as wilts on the market.
- Open interest in futures tied to BNB, Hype, OM and DOT has increased in the last 24 hours, a sign of merchants shortening a falling market.
- In the derivit, the entrepreneurs ran out of $ 85k and $ 80k strike while long positions at $ 75k were released or moved in June Expiration.
- The ETHs are also required, trading in a premium to call June Expiration.
Market Movements:
- BTC 4.61% dropped from 4 pm et Friday to $ 82,373.88 (24hrs: -3.21%)
- ETH dropped 1.6% to $ 2,101.66 (24hrs: -2.04%)
- CoinDesk 20 drops 6.4% to 2,632.12 (24hrs: -3.26%)
- Ether Cesr Composite Staking Rate drops 8 bps to 3%
- BTC funding rate is at 0.0015% (1.67% annual) in Binance
- DXY drops 0.14% to 103.76
- Gold is up to 0.15% to $ 2,909.10/oz
- Silver reaches 1.14% at $ 32.92/oz
- Nikkei 225 closed +0.38% to 37,028.27
- Closed by Hang Seng -1.85% to 23,783.49
- FTSE drops 0.59% to 8,629.02
- Euro Stoxx 50 dropped 0.96% to 5,415.85
- DJIA closed on Friday +0.52% to 42,801.72
- S&P 500 closed +0.55% to 5,770.20
- NASDAQ closed +0.7% out of 18,196.22
- The S&P/TSX composite index is closed +0.71% to 24,758.80
- S&P 40 Latin America is closed +0.73% to 2,361.82
- US 10-year Treasury Rate dropped 5 bps to 4.25%
- E-Mini S&P 500 Futures dropped 1.16% to 5,709.25
- E-Mini Nasdaq-100 Futures dropped 1.34% to 19,958.25
- E-Mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index Futures dropped 0.96% to 42,428.00
Bitcoin Stats:
- BTC Dominance: 61.19 (-0.14%)
- Ethereum in Bitcoin Ratio: 0.02562 (2.40%)
- Hashrate (seven-day average move): 813 eh/s
- HASHPRICE (spot): $ 48.2
- Total Fees: 4.4 BTC / $ 371,994
- CME FUTURES Open Interest: 142,260 BTC
- BTC is priced in gold: 28.2 oz
- BTC vs Gold Market Cap: 8.01%
Technical analysis
- The BTC dives under a pennant pattern, indicating the continuation of greater decline from the highs of December.
- Breakdown has strengthened the case for a retest of former-turn-support-support of around $ 73,800, the high March 2024.
- A pennant is a continuation pattern, representing a mid-trend triangle aggregation.
Crypto equities
- Strategy (MSTR): Closed Friday at $ 287.18 (-5.57%), down 5.33% to $ 271.87 to pre-market
- Coinbase Global (coin): closed at $ 217.45 (+1.53%), down 5.36% to $ 205.79
- Galaxy Digital Holdings (GLXY): Closed to C $ 18.84 (+0.11%)
- Mara Holdings (Mara): closed at $ 16.02 (+6.16%), down 4.24% to $ 15.34
- Riot Platform (Riot): closed to $ 8.37 (+3.21%), down 4.42% to $ 8
- Core Scientific (Corz): closed at $ 7.78 (-0.89%), down 2.7% to $ 7.57
- CleansPark (CLSK): closed to $ 8.83 (+8.34%), down 3.85% to $ 8.49
- Coinshares Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF (WGMI): Closed to $ 16.32 (+3.29%), down 6.25% to $ 15.30
- Semler Scientific (SMLR): closed at $ 37.19 (+3.02%), down 3.47% to $ 35.90
- Exodus Movement (EXOD): Closed to $ 29.40 (+0.34%), up to 6.22% in pre-market
ETF is flowing
Spot btc etfs:
- Net -Net Flow: -$ 409.3 Million
- Cumulative Net Flow: $ 36.21 Billion
- Total handling of BTC ~ 1,137 million.
Spot etfs
- Net -Net Flow: -$ 23.1 Million
- Cumulative Net Flow: $ 2.72 Billion
- Total Eth Holdings ~ 3.635 million.
Source: Farside Investor
Overnight flowing
Chart of the day
- The chart shows the sunny volume in Solana’s decentralized exchange has dropped to $ 1 Billon, the lowest since November 29 and significantly under the peak of January 19 of $ 16.4 billion.
- The sharp decline in the activity helps explain the price of the swoon to Sola’s sola.