updraftplus domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/aonyeani76/cryptocurrencypanther/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131hustle domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/aonyeani76/cryptocurrencypanther/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131wpforms-lite domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/aonyeani76/cryptocurrencypanther/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is hovering above $30,000 following a brief dip to $29,592 on Monday. Ripple’s partial win in the SEC lawsuit was positive for the crypto market in general, but failed to trigger interest across the market, culminating in Bitcoin giving back the gains above $31,000.
Analysts and industry experts are attributing Bitcoin’s failed movement above $30,000 to various factors, including a sudden interest in XRP and tokens the SEC deemed securities in early June, including Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), and Polygon (MATIC).
The largest cryptocurrency has remained unchanged in 24 hours and trading at $30,102 on Tuesday as investors bid farewell to the Asian session ahead of the European session. Bitcoin has a market cap worth $584 billion, with $14 billion of trading volume coming in.
Based on the daily chart, Bitcoin price is not far from a rectangle pattern breakout but Jake Boyle, the CCO at Caleb & Brown, an Australian crypto exchange, the ongoing stagnation may last longer with minor up-downs until the market encounters some key events.
The daily chart shows BTC holding the bullish rectangle support, from which a breakout may trigger a 10% move from $30,000 to $33,000. For this breakout to come into play, bulls must defend the support at $30,000 and push for sustained price movement above $31,500, representing the rectangle resistance.

Traders eyeing exposure to new BTC longs may want to wait for confirmation from volume indicators like the Money Flow Index (RSI) and the On-Balance-Volume (OBV).
As the MFI climbs above the midline and toward the overbought region, it shows that investors’ risk appetite for BTC is growing—and subsequently building momentum behind the world’s most prominent crypto asset.
Although Bitcoin is still finding the right path out of the woods, the situation is not that dire, especially with the Stochastic indicators sending a bullish signal. Longs traders can sit tight as long as the oscillator is reversing the trend from the oversold region.
According to CryptoQuant on-chain analyst Crazzyblockk, the short-term holder (STH) realized price (less than 6 months) has witnessed a considerable drop in accumulations interest among new investors. This cohort says in the market between one and three months.
Furthermore, the Bitcoin price recovery is likely depressed by both the short-term and long-term (3 – 6 months) realizes prices, which hold at $27,200 and $25,800. If combined, their realized prices average around $28,500.

As of July 18, both bands had recorded impressive gains, with profits standing at 9.5% and 15.5% respectively. Nonetheless, in the event of a price correction, it is plausible that these holders may experience a certain degree of selling pressure.
Notably, any strong signs of selling pressure below $30,000 could trigger panic among investors who are betting on Bitcoin price to rally to $35,000 and $38,000. That said, it is still premature to rule out declines to $28,000 and $25,000, especially with BTC hovering at $30,000.
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Cardano [ADA] and Ripple’s XRP have had their own set of strifes throughout history. The tussle between both the crypto tokens has always been quite intense and on several occasions, they’ve managed to dethrone each other on the market cap leaderboard list.
Just bust a day back, XRP overtook Cardano in terms of market capitalization. Their positions got shuffled with each other for the first in nearly nine months. At press time, XRP was ranked sixth, while Cardano was ranked seventh on CMC’s list. With that, their respective market caps reflected neck-to-neck values of $40.93 billion and $39.72 billion.
Source: SanbaseCardano has been able to subsist with the flip pretty decently. Its on-chain activity continues to be its biggest strength. Right after Bitcoin, Cardano was the most active blockchain network in the crypto space, while XRP occupied the fifth position.
Over the past 24-hours, transactions worth $10.98 billion had been carried out on Cardano while XRP could only pull off deals worth $1.59 billion. In effect, the fee collected by the former platform largely overshadowed the amount amassed by the latter [$58.7k v. $3.29k].
Source: MessariIn terms of address activity, however, Cardano seemed to be on a slippery slope. At press time, it was slightly lagging behind XRP on this front. As per Messari’s data, the smart contract platform had over 162.29k active addresses while the payment network blockchain boasted 174.06k active addresses.
Also, concerning the ROI, XRP holders were in a comparatively better position when compared to their ADA counterparts. In the three-month window, the former token managed to restrict its losses to -29.62%, while ADA HODLers had to bear negative returns upto 43.08% in the same timeframe.
Nonetheless, on an individual note, Cardano’s performance has been improving. The token’s Sharpe ratio is now on the verge of stepping back into the positive territory after stooping to a level as low as -3.23 towards the end of January. If the uptrend continues here, then investors would soon be adequately compensated for the risk borne by them.
Source: MessariCardano’s on-chain activity continues to maintain its pristine state despite the flip. The return numbers would end up becoming better if Cardano manages to rightly tap on the broader market positive sentiment.
In all, Cardano’s dent caused by XRP doesn’t seem to be that deep this time.