Still Hope for Bulls: Crypto Daybook Americas

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)

The cryptocurrency market is in a mixed mood, with some recent outperformers facing pressure while major cryptocurrencies remain resilient. Privacy-focused coins monero XMR$397,50 and zcash ZEC$683,58 fell more than 4% in the last 24 hours, contrasting with relatively stable trading in bitcoin BTC$95.789,16, ether ETH$3204,60, XRP$2,2689, solana SOL$141,61, and others that have bounced back from late Sunday lows.

Notably, the CoinDesk DeFi Select and Smart Contract Select Indices are showing strength, up roughly 5% and 4% respectively since early Asian trading hours, underscoring pockets of growth amid broader caution.

Zcash which, in a rare bright spot against the wider market despondency, has surged over 500% since September, is now teasing a bearish double top pattern (see the Technical Analysis section below). Whether a decline in ZEC heralds a bounce in BTC and ETH — in continuation of diverging trends with majors — remains to be seen.

Hot analysts’ takes about how we are still early in terms of institutional adoption, and how incoming inflows could lift valuations sky-high, continued to do the rounds, offering hope to battered BTC bulls.

In other development, Arca’s CIO Jeff Dorman dismissed speculation about Strategy (MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor liquidating his BTC holdings, noting that Saylor’s financial position would likely shield him from selling unless bitcoin’s value collapsed precipitously.

Ryan Lee, the chief analyst at Bitget urged traders to monitor U.S. regulatory developments, particularly around exchange-traded funds (ETFs), stablecoin payment frameworks and exchange oversight. These could swiftly shift investor sentiment back to a risk-on stance, Lee said.

In traditional markets, Japanese longer-dated government bond yields surged in response to reports that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s first stimulus package may include spending worth roughly 17 trillion yen ($110 billion).

With the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio already among the highest globally at 240%, such a move could flood the market with bonds and push yields higher, bolstering the risk of a fiscal crisis. For crypto traders, rising Japanese yields may pressure Treasury bonds, pushing yields higher, and weigh on risk assets like tech stocks and digital currencies. Stay alert!

Read more: For analysis of today’s activity in altcoins and derivatives, see Crypto Markets Today

What to Watch

For a more comprehensive list of events this week, see CoinDesk’s “Crypto Week Ahead”.

Crypto
Macro
- Nov. 17, 8:30 a.m.: Canada Oct. Inflation Rate. Headline YoY (Prev. 2.4%), MoM (Prev. 0.1%). Core YoY (Prev. 2.8%), MoM (Prev. 0.2%).
- Nov. 17, 8:30 a.m.: Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Nov. NY Empire State Manufacturing Index Est. 6.1.
- Nov. 17: 9:30 a.m.: Fed Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson speech on “Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy.”
- Nov. 17, 3:35 p.m.: Fed Governor Christopher J. Waller speech on “Economic Outlook.” Watch live.
Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data)

Token Events

For a more comprehensive list of events this week, see CoinDesk’s “Crypto Week Ahead”.

Governance votes and calls
Unlocks
- APE$0.3490 to unlock 1.66% of its circulating supply worth $5.46 million.
- MELANIA$0.1399 to unlock 5.04% of its circulating supply worth $3.63 million.
Token Launches
- Ycash (YEC) lists on BitMart at with YEC/USDT pair.

Conferences

For a more comprehensive list of events this week, see CoinDesk’s “Crypto Week Ahead”.

Market Movements

BTC is up 0.63% from 4 p.m. ET Friday at $95,734.44 (24hrs: +0.03%)
ETH is up 0.96% at $3,201.10 (24hrs: +1.15%)
CoinDesk 20 is up 0.57% at 3,086.17 (24hrs: +0.39%)
Ether CESR Composite Staking Rate is down 15 bps at 2.83%
BTC funding rate is at 0.0057% (6.213% annualized) on Binance

DXY is unchanged at 99.36
Gold futures are unchanged at $4,090.50
Silver futures are up 0.49% at $50.94
Nikkei 225 closed down 0.1% at 50,323.91
Hang Seng closed down 0.71% at 26,384.28
FTSE is down 0.10% at 9,688.36
Euro Stoxx 50 is down 0.5% at 5,665.22
DJIA closed on Friday down 0.65% at 47,147.48
S&P 500 closed unchanged at 6,734.11
Nasdaq Composite closed up 0.13% at 22,900.59
S&P/TSX Composite closed up 0.24% at 30,326.46
S&P 40 Latin America closed up 0.27% at 3,111.85
U.S. 10-Year Treasury rate is down 2.1 bps at 4.127%
E-mini S&P 500 futures are up 0.36% at 6,779.25
E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures are up 0.62% at 25,249.25
E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index are unchanged at 47,245.00

Bitcoin Stats

BTC Dominance: 59.43% (-0.12%)
Ether-bitcoin ratio: 0.03341 (1.74%)
Hashrate (seven-day moving average): 1,123 EH/s
Hashprice (spot): $39.80
Total fees: 2.61 BTC / $248,303
CME Futures Open Interest: 139,.475 BTC
BTC priced in gold: 23.5 oz.
BTC vs gold market cap: 6.4%

Technical Analysis

Zcash is teasing a double top pattern. (TradingView)

Zcash’s ZEC$683,58 bounce from under $500 has stalled at the early November highs above $700.
That has raised the risk of a potential formation of a double top pattern, with the neckline support at $423, shown by the horizontal line.
Should prices turn lower from here, it would mean a steady market leadership change from bulls to bears.

Crypto Equities

Coinbase Global (COIN): closed on Friday at $284 (+0.3%), +0.85% at $286.40 in pre-market
Circle Internet (CRCL): closed at $81.89 (-0.55%), +2.06% at $83.58
Galaxy Digital (GLXY): closed at $26.34 (-3.3%), +2.24% at $26.93
Bullish (BLSH): closed at $38.48 (-6.19%), +1.01% at $38.87
MARA Holdings (MARA): closed at $11.99 (-6.18%), +1.17% at $12.13
Riot Platforms (RIOT): closed at $13.95 (+0.5%), +0.93% at $14.08
Core Scientific (CORZ): closed at $14.93 (-1.52%), +1.27% at $15.12
CleanSpark (CLSK): closed at $10.96 (-8.51%), +1.28% at $11.10
CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF (WGMI): closed at $40.54 (-3.41%)
Exodus Movement (EXOD): closed at $17.3 (-4.68%)

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