Cryptomarket Analysis October 22

What happened in the cryptocurrency market and to three main currencies — bitcoin, ethereum and XRP over the past weekend.

Top-10 cryptocurrencies by trend following as of October 22

On Friday and the weekend bitcoin adhered to a neutral scenario, ethereum and XRP turned out to be slightly stronger, however, bullish scenarios didn’t reach their basic goals.

Bitcoin (Bitcoin: BITCOIN) remains in the center of the high-volume area, the closest support lies near the $6,350 mark. The main scenarios have not changed since Friday.

Time-lapse: on October 22, 2017, bitcoin price continued to grow, stopping at $5,828.

BTC chart by TradingView

Today the neutral scenario provides further fluctuations near the control price of the area, which moved from $6,428 to $6,439.

Ethereum (BITFINEX: ETH/USD.BITFINEX) moved to the upper border of the current area, which indicates some strength on behalf of the buyers. The resistance is observed near the $206 level, the support is formed at the control price of $196. Over the weekend the most popular level was $203.7.

Time-lapse: on October 22, 2017, ethereum price decreased to $294.3.

ETH chart by TradingView

Today bulls may attack the maximum marks of Tuesday and Wednesday (together with the low-volume level of $207) and move into the interval of $206 - $213.

XRP (BITFINEX: XRP/USD) found a logement in the $0,449 - 0,469 area. The logical continuation will be a test of its upper border.

Time-lapse: on October 22, 2017, XRP price fluctuated near $0.20.

XRP chart by TradingView

Today the primary goal can be the upper border of the current area ($0,469). The global goal is the maximum mark of October 8 ($0,496).

Aside from bitcoin, ethereum, and XRP there are several other interesting digital currencies or altcoins worth taking a closer look at. The losers and winners of the past 24 hours are: EDUCare with 102.77% growth and Nexty with 34.56% decrease. Keep an eye on cryptocurrencies, study them and use our quotes page to keep up to date.

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