Metamask & Moonpay Partner and DeSantis Proposed Legislation Banning CBDC's
Market Update
- Crypto and traditional markets moved higher today at the time of writing - BTC was up 0.72%, ETH was up 4.58%, and SPX and NDQ are up 0.74% and 0.50%, respectively. After a strong Bitcoin dominance run the past month, altcoins are beginning to show signs of life versus bitcoin. The ETH/BTC ratio is up 3.80%, and altcoins such as FTM, LTC, and SOL are outperforming BTC today - up 6.70%, 5.11%, and 3.89% at the time of writing. Ethereum Layer 2, Arbitrum, has seen significant activity leading up to the ARB airdrop this Thursday. The chain's TVL has nearly doubled in 2023 and is now at $1.85 billion. Many lower market cap tokens on Arbitrum have also been rallying this week as investors anticipate the ARB airdrop will inject liquidity into the ecosystem. These tokens and their performance can be found here on DefiLlama.
- Crypto wallet, MetaMask, has partnered with payment company MoonPay to allow users in Nigeria to buy cryptocurrencies directly from their wallets using local bank transfers. The integration aims to make it easier for Nigerians to buy crypto. Currently, a ban by Nigeria's central bank prohibits commercial banks from servicing crypto exchanges. Many Nigerian banks have also suspended using their debit cards on international exchanges. These regulations have forced Nigerians to rely on peer-to-peer transactions for crypto purchases - both inconvenient and potentially dangerous. Metamask and MoonPay's integration should solve this problem and allow users to onboard faster and more safely.
- Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced legislation Monday banning Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) use as money, stating that CBDCs are about surveillance and control. DeSantis added that the proposed bill would protect consumers and businesses "from the reckless adoption of a 'centralized digital dollar' which would stifle innovation and promote government-sanctioned surveillance." The governor also clarified that CBDCs differ from decentralized cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. This is one of many CBDC-related bills to be introduced recently. Last month, U.S. Representative Tom Emmer introduced the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, which would "halt efforts of unelected bureaucrats from stripping Americans of their right to financial privacy," and last year, Senator Ted Cruz introduced legislation to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC directly to individuals.
Daily Technical Strategy
Mark L. Newton, CMT
Head of Technical Strategy
Ethereum's jump to multi-day closing highs Tuesday should help to jumpstart a further advance following its recent stallout over the last few days. Gains up to challenge last August's peaks at $2029.90 look likely and above that would argue for a lengthier rally up to 2405, or 2874 which represents strong overhead resistance to an intermediate-term advance into mid-to-late April. Given the recent underperformance to Bitcoin over the past few weeks, it's expected that Tuesday's relative strength should help ETH start to trade relatively better than BTC in the days and the weeks ahead. Momentum indicators remain positively sloped and not overbought. Bottom line, it's thought that Tuesday's gains should help prices follow-through higher, and any dips likely should find support at $1770-$1790 and prove brief before turning back higher.
Daily Important Metrics
All metrics as of March 21, 2023 1:57 PM
All Funding rates are on bps
Crypto Prices
Symbol | Market Cap | Last Price | Daily Change | Year to Date | Relative to BTC YTD |
BTC | $544B | $28,129 | ↑ 1.54% | ↑ 70% | |
ETH | $220B | $1,797 | ↑ 2.45% | ↑ 50% | ↓ -20% |
ADA | $12B | $0.3530 | ↑ 5.19% | ↑ 43% | ↓ -27% |
MATIC | $10B | $1.15 | ↑ 1.45% | ↑ 50% | ↓ -19% |
DOGE | $10B | $0.0754 | ↑ 4.07% | ↑ 7.54% | ↓ -62% |
SOL | $8.7B | $22.70 | ↓ -0.08% | ↑ 129% | ↑ 59% |
DOT | $7.3B | $6.23 | ↑ 0.05% | ↑ 43% | ↓ -26% |
LINK | $3.7B | $7.25 | ↑ 0.50% | ↑ 31% | ↓ -39% |
NEAR | $1.8B | $2.03 | ↑ 0.90% | ↑ 60% | ↓ -10% |
Exchange Traded Products (ETPs)
Symbol | Premium to Nav | Last Price | Daily Change | Year to Date | Relative to BTC YTD |
GBTC | ↓ -36% | $15.90 | ↓ -0.63% | ↑ 92% | ↑ 22% |
BITW | ↓ -57% | $10.83 | ↑ 5.37% | ↑ 102% | ↑ 32% |
ETHE | ↓ -52% | $8.19 | ↑ 0.99% | ↑ 72% | ↑ 2.26% |
BTCC | ↑ 0.05% | $5.22 | ↑ 1.56% | ↑ 72% | ↑ 2.48% |
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REGULATION
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