The general sentiment in the crypto market seems to be turning bearish as Bitcoin and Ethereum record losses over today’s trading session. The two larger cryptocurrencies by market cap still record some gains over higher timeframes but seem poised for a dicey week. Related Reading | Bitcoin Puell Multiple Lifts Off From Buy Zone, Bull Momentum To Follow? At the time of writing, Bitcoin (BTC) trades at $22,100 with a 3% loss in the last 24 hours. In the meantime, Ethereum (ETH) trades at $1,520 with a 6% loss over the same period. The crypto market faces some hurdles with this week’s public companies’ earnings reports. If public companies failed to meet market expectations, risk-on assets could resume their bearish trend. Jurrien Timmer, Director of Macro for investment firm Fidelity, believes this earnings season has been “boring”. So far, only 104 companies in the U.S. public market have released their reports with Meta, Apple, and other major entities still to go. In addition to that, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) could announce a decision on interest rates hike. Most market participants expect a 50 basis point to 75 basis points increase, anything higher in combination with a poor earnings season could trigger downside volatility for crypto assets. On the second week of this earnings season, Timmer said the following sharing the chart below: After all the handwringing about “the next shoe to drop,” a borin...
