Bitcoin Pushes Toward $43K as SHIB Rockets

XRP also scores big in broad crypto-market rally

The latest moves in crypto markets, in context February 7, 2022 Supported by     If you were forwarded this newsletter and would like to receive it, sign up here.  Good morning, and welcome to First Mover. Here's what's happening this morning: Market Moves: Bitcoin pushes toward $43K in broad crypto rally that also sees big gains for XRP.  Also: Shiba Inu's SHIB token rockets 26%, leading memecoin gains (including DOGE). And check out the CoinDesk TV show "First Mover," hosted by Christine Lee, Emily Parker and Lawrence Lewitinn at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern time. Today's show will feature guests: Steve Ehrlich, co-founder and CEO, Voyager Digital Today's newsletter was edited by Bradley Keoun and produced by Parikshit Mishra.  Market Moves By Shaurya Malwa  The crypto market extended its recovery in the European morning following a weekend bounce, with majors showing positive growth over the past 24 hours.   Bitcoin and ether, the two largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, advanced 3%. Some analysts said Friday's release of stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data buoyed investor sentiment, which supported an increase in bitcoin prices.   "Despite U.S. jobs data on Friday being better than expected, global markets responded positively to the news, as investors admire the strength of the labor market," Marcus Sotiriou, an analyst at cryptocurrency brokerage GlobalBlock, said in an email to CoinDesk.   "This positive reaction ignited a bounce for the crypto markets too. Bitcoin broke out of two similar downtrends on the RSI within the past year, which both resulted in incredible rallies, hence potentially foreshadowing a Bitcoin rally to the upside," Sotiriou said.   The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is an indicator that measures the magnitude of price changes over a certain time period. RSI readings above 70 are considered overbought, and those below 30 indicate the asset may be oversold.   RSI levels on bitcoin reached 61 in European hours on Monday after a jump from 'oversold' levels of 20 in January, when the cryptocurrency traded at $35,550. Bitcoin was trading above $42,500 at the time of publication, with a possible resistance at the $46,000 level.   Sean Farrell, head of digital asset strategy at the independent investment-research firm FundStrat, wrote in a note Friday that bitcoin could reach $200,000 in the second half of this year, following a choppy start to 2022. Bitcoin broke above resistance, buoyed by several catalysts. (TradingView) Elsewhere, gains on the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization ranged from a low of 1.6% on Terra's LUNA to as high as 9.9% on XRP.   Ripple's XRP token led gains among majors with a 16% increase to over $0.77. Prices surged amid positive sentiment around the court case in which the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleges the blockchain-based payments firm sold XRP as an unlisted security to the public.   Memecoins led market moves outside of the top 10. Shiba Inu's SHIB tokens surged to $0.000029 during Asian hours from the $0.000022 level on Sunday evening, as reported. XRP broke above consecutive resistance levels two times in the past three days. 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