Markets Update: Bitcoin Cash Rallies for Three Solid Days

 Bitcoin Cash (BCH) markets started climbing this past Thursday and  soared on August 18 reaching a high of $760 per BCH around 6 pm EDT.  Now on August 19, the cryptocurrency has captured a $18B market cap as  the BCH value has spiked higher hovering around $900 at press time. 

Bitcoin Cash Markets Soar

 Just recently news.Bitcoin.com  reported on the Bitcoin Cash network and how BCH markets were  performing. At the time BCH was averaging around $550 per token and  mining profitability compared to BTC flipped. Currently, according to  Coin Dance statistics, BCH is 66 percent more profitable to mine than  BTC making the stakes a bit more tempting for miners. Blocks are moving  faster on the BCH chain, and so far 1109 have been found at a 13 percent  difficulty compared to BTC. This week BCH miners found an 8MB block and the price has rallied significantly since this milestone took place.  

 Bitcoin Cash market cap at 7 am EDT. 

While BCH markets have been holding  around the $890-930 price territory, BTC markets have slumped a bit. At  press time the price per bitcoin is $3960 as it dropped 7 percent during  the August 18 overnight. Interestingly enough if holders of both tokens  added the values together, it would be roughly $4600-4800 for people  still holding 1:1, and this hasn’t changed much, even when BCH was  hovering at $300. Currently using Crypto Compare’s  price index the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is heading south and this  shows the coin seems to be overbought. In time this may lead to some  more price lag and buyer exhaustion. However, The short-term Simple  Moving Average (SMA) is well above the long-term SMA showing BCH bulls  may still have some steam left in their engines. 

 Bitcoin Cash (BCH) price continues to rally for three days straight.  

Korean Won Volume Eclipses Most BCH Trading Pairs

 Market sentiment may be partly due to the recent Segwit2x fiasco  between the Core development team. As soon as the public got wind that  Core developers would ultimately oppose a 2MB hard fork, and after the  drama between Bitpay, BCH markets began to soar. A few speculators  believe some Segwit2x supporters are holding BCH as a sort of “lifeboat”  plan, just in case the second half of the New York Agreement falls  apart. 

 Bitcoin Cash volumes at 7 am EDT. 

 Lastly, much of the BCH market action has been stemming  from South Korean exchanges like Bithumb, Coinone, and Korbit. Over  $1.5B in BCH trading came from won pairs, and the digital currency  swapped over $3B worth of currencies on Friday. On Saturday South Korean  BCH prices are trading at a premium of $1100 at press time. During  certain periods of the past two days, BCH trade volumes met parity and  then surpassed BTC trade volume. BCH markets on August 19 are now  commanding a $3.6B trade volume and has eclipsed bitcoin’s $2.9B.  Alongside the Korean market push, large BCH volumes are also coming from  exchanges like Bitfinex, Poloniex, Kraken, and Bittrex as well. 

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source : news.bitcoin.com