Bitcoin, Ethereum Flat, Dogecoin Falls Ahead Of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s Speech: Price Target For King Crypto Could Be $194K-$352K, Says Top Analyst

Leading cryptocurrencies traded flat Sunday ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech on the direction of interest rate cuts in the coming months.

Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:45 p.m. EDT)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -0.53% $65,364.81
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               
-0.95% $2,642.44
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)           -3.30% $0.1235

What Happened: Bitcoin spiked above $66,000 during the afternoon hours but started to descend as the evening progressed, falling as low as $65,121 overnight. Ethereum also encountered choppy behavior in the $2,600 region

Bitcoin gained more than 10% in September, its best performance in a month with a historical average loss of 3.47%. The rally has been broadly fueled by the central bank’s aggressive 0.5% rate cut earlier this month.

Total cryptocurrency liquidations exceeded $108 million in the last 24 hours, with long liquidations accounting for 60%.

The number of bearish bets for the cryptocurrency spiked dramatically vis à vis bullish long bets, according to the Long/Short Ratio.

The market sentiment continued to be one of “Greed,” according to the popular Cryptocurrency Fear & Greed Index.

Top Gainers (24-Hours)

Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:30 p.m. EDT)
FTX token (FTT) +60.08% $2.24
Mina (MINA) +12.07% $0.6071
Popcat (POPCAT) +7.43% $0.9885

The global cryptocurrency stood at $2.29 trillion in the …

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