Crypto Market Daily Highlights – XRP Bucks a Bearish Top Ten Session

Key Insights:

• It is a mixed Tuesday session for the crypto top ten, with XRP bucking the top ten trend.
• Investor anxiety ahead of the Fed interest rate decision and projections weighed, while XRP heads north.
• The total crypto market cap is down by $21.5 billion to $885.6 billion.

It is a mixed Tuesday session for the crypto top ten. XRP leads the crypto top ten on investor optimism towards the outcome of the SEC v Ripple case. However, ETH leads the way down, with BTC falling short of $20,000 for a second consecutive session.

Market angst over the upcoming Fed policy decision and FOMC projections continue to weigh. Fears of a hawkish Fed sending the global economy into a recession remain the theme following last week’s warnings.

The NASDAQ 100 failed to deliver support, falling by 0.95%, with Ford (F) joining a growing list of US giants to sound the alarm bells. On Tuesday, Ford reportedly said that inflation-related supplier costs would run about $1 billion higher than expected.

Supply chain disruption also remained an issue, with the company estimating that it will have up to 45,000 vehicles in inventory, lacking parts.

On Wednesday, the Fed will be the driving force and should remove a high degree of uncertainty vis-à-vis monetary policy. The crypto market will need a dovish 75-basis point rate hike to support a bullish end to the Wednesday session. Talk of smaller rate hikes in November and December, and a soft landing, should be crypto-friendly.

Crypto Market Slides Back to Sub-$900bn on Fed Fear

On Tuesday, the crypto market cap rose to an early high of $914.9 billion before sliding to an early afternoon low of $876.2 billion. A late afternoon partial recovery to $904 billion was brief, with external market forces weighing.

With 120 minutes of the Tuesday session remaining, the total crypto market cap is down $21.5 billion to $885.6 billion.

The Crypto Market Movers and Shakers from the Top Ten and Beyond

It is a mixed Tuesday session for the crypto top ten.

XRP leads the way with 120 minutes of the session remaining (UTC), surging 7.17%. The hope of a favorable outcome to the SEC v Ripple case delivered support.

However, it is a bearish session for the rest of the top ten, with ETH (-4.34%) leading the way down.

ADA (-3.09%), BNB (-2.28%), BTC (-3.36%), and SOL (-3.21%) are also in the deep red, while DOGE is down by just 0.68%.

From the CoinMarketCap top 100, it was a mixed session.

Helium (HNT), XRP, and Stellar (XLM) lead the way. HNT is up 8.17%, with XRP and XLM seeing gains of 7.17% and 6.24%, respectively.

However, cosmos (ATOM) and ravencoin (RVN) lead the way down, with losses of 10.67% and 9.55%, respectively. ApeCoin (APE) is also struggling, with a 4.28% fall.

24-HourCrypto Liquidations Slide Back on Bearish Session

Over 24 hours, total liquidations declined amidst rising fear towards the Fed monetary policy decision on Wednesday.

At the time of writing, 24-hour liquidations stood at $121.53 million, down from $292.44 million on Tuesday morning.

Liquidated traders over the last 24 hours also declined. At the time of writing, liquidated traders stood at 37,436 versus 71,318 on Tuesday morning. Liquidations over twelve and four hours were down, while one-hour liquidations increased.

According to Coinglass, 12-hour liquidations stood at $82.23 million, down from $98.29 million on Tuesday morning, with four-hour liquidations falling from $24.44 million to $16.13 million. However, one-hour liquidations increased from $4.27 million to $11.61 million, reflecting a late Tuesday pullback. The chart below shows market conditions throughout the session.