Assessing the impact of Silvergate episode on the crypto market 

• Global crypto market capitalization declined by over 4% in the last 24 hours.
• Though BTC and ETH were affected, a few metrics predicted a trend reversal. 

Coinbase on 2 March announced that it had frozen accepting or initiating payments to or from Silvergate. This episode happened as Silvergate, one of the most influential banks in the digital asset industry, revealed that it would delay the filing of its annual report, igniting panic in the crypto space. 

Not only Coinbase, but several other crypto entities such as Circle, and Crypto.com also announced the suspension of Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfers with Silvergate.

As the news caught fire, the global crypto industry’s market capitalization registered a decline of 4% in the last 24 hours, and as per LunarCrush, bearish sentiments shot up unexpectedly. 

Source: LunarCrush

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Is the crypto market under pressure?

In fact, the largest cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin [BTC] and Ethereum [ETH] were also affected. Lookonchain’s data suggested that the news initiated a sell-off. As per the tweet, a whale transferred 15,400 ETH worth over $25 million to Binance.

The sell-off further pushed ETH’s price down, and at press time it was trading at $1,569.34 with a market capitalization of over $192 billion.

Moreover, CryptoQuant’s data revealed that BTC’s exchange reserve was increasing, suggesting increased selling pressure, which was a negative signal. 

Will the market change its direction?

However, the current bearish trend might be a short-term event, as several of the other metrics suggested the probability of a trend reversal.

For instance, BTC’s open interest in perpetual futures contracts reached a 1-month low of $1,302,371,571.24 on OkEx. 

Not only this, but BTC’s aSOPR was also green, which suggested that more investors were selling at a loss amid a bear market. Therefore, a possible market bottom can be expected. 

Source: CryptoQuant

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Ethereum buckled up

Meanwhile, Ethereum also showed signs of revival from the bear market lately, as its state in the futures market looked promising.

As per CryptoQuant, ETH’s taker buy/sell ratio suggested that buying sentiment was dominant in the derivatives market. In addition to that, DeFiLlama’s data revealed that ETH’s total value locked (TVL) registered a steady uptick for several weeks, which looked promising for the network.

Owing to these developments, it appeared fairly possible that the market would undergo a trend reversal.