Bitcoin, Ethereum Rise, Dogecoin Steady After Fed Cuts Rate: Analyst Predicts Apex Crypto’s Next Local Top At $85.4K If This Happens

Bitcoin tapped an all-time high, and Ethereum soared as the Federal Reserve’s latest quarter-point rate cut boosted market momentum on Thursday.

Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 7:30 p.m. ET)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) +1.46% $76,365.42
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               
+8.52% $2,938.85
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)           -0.92% $0.1943

What Happened: The world’s largest cryptocurrency hit a new all-time high at $76,872.61, barely two days after creating records on the day of the U.S. presidential election.

Ethereum powered above $2,900 for the first time in more than three months in a late-evening rally.

Bitcoin’s market dominance rose above 60%, following a 3.44 percentage point gain in the last 24 hours, while Ethereum also saw a minor increase in market share.

In the past 24 hours, 89,458 traders were liquidated, with the total liquidations coming in at $311.71 million. Short-leveraged traders saw $186 million worth of their positions evaporate in the rally.

Bitcoin’s Open Interest rose 2.88%, indicating an influx of fresh money in the derivatives market.

Bitcoin’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) went into the overbought territory, as per TradingView, strengthening the case of a pullback.

That said, …

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