Bitcoin and Ether both higher

Bitcoin continues to have resistance right above $57,000, still closing with a gain of $2,420 (+4.44%) at $56,935. Today’s closing price is right where the Monday’s close, and we have effectively formed a Doji on a weekly candlestick chart. We continue to see BTC as being in a consolidation stage, unsure of which direction it will take next.

But if you owned BTC futures, you made almost 5% in profits today, 7% if you owned Greyscale Ethereum Trust (+7.65%). ETHE went up more than Ethereum itself, which only gained +1.92% on the day at the time of writing.

Bitcoin’s dominance continues to dwindle, now sitting at around 45%. And while Ethereum’s share of the crypto space has been rising, it still remains under 20%. It seems that Alt. Coins have benefited the most from this recent bull run.

Bitcoin and Banks

On the fundamental front, hundreds of U.S. banks (mostly small) have signed up for a service that will allow their customers access to Bitcoin.

  “What we’re doing is making it simple for everyday Americans and corporations to be able to buy bitcoin through their existing bank relationships,” Sells said. “If I’m using my mobile application to do all of my banking, now I have the ability to buy, sell and hold bitcoin.” - Yan Zhao, president of NYDIG.

While Devotion Public Data, which is a merchant to keeps money with almost 300 million financial records, will deal with the connection to moneylenders, NYDIG will deal with bitcoin care and exchange execution. Exposures will clarify that it is NYDIG, and not the banks, that handle the bitcoin, and the digital currency will not be FDIC-protected, as indicated by Zhao.