Bitcoin Gains, Ethereum, Dogecoin Muted Amid Tesla-Powered Stocks Rally: Analyst Highlights ‘Most Bullish Outcome’ For King Crypto In The Short Term

Bitcoin traded in the green Thursday after Tesla Inc.’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) searing rally lifted stocks out of losses. 

Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:30 p.m. EDT)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) +1.13% $67,956.29
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               
-0.66% $2,525.51
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)           -1.46% $0.14

What Happened: Bitcoin sailed to an intraday high of $68,693 during U.S. evening hours before dipping below $68,000 on profit-taking. 

The world’s largest cryptocurrency took a sharp U-turn after clinching $69,000 earlier this week. Its October gains stood at 7% as of this writing, well below the historical average of 21.57%.

Ethereum failed to rise, wobbling in the $2,500 range throughout the day.

Total cryptocurrency liquidations breached $104 million in the last 24 hours, with long liquidations accounting for half of them.

Bitcoin’s Open Interest rose marginally by 0.05% in the 24 hours. Interestingly, most institutional investors and top traders on Binance bet against the cryptocurrency, as per the Long/Shorts Ratio.

Market sentiment remained in the “Greed” zone, according …

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