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Eight of the top 10 stocks have risen, and 79 of the top 100 have a green light indicating an increase.
According to CoinMarketCap, the price of bitcoin was $44,065.79 as of 9 a.m. New York time, up 13.69% from the previous 24 hours.
Ethereum rose 4.61%, Cardano 1.12%, Polkadot 8.27%, Chainlink 3.20%, Binance Coin increased 3.20%, XRP 2.69%, and prices fell.
At this time, the market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market reached $1,295.3 billion, and the share of Bitcoin increased to 63.1%.
Source: Coin Market Cap (as of February 8, 9:00 am, New York time)
The Chicago Merchandise Exchange (CME) bitcoin futures price also started on a surge. February, which is the most actively traded, rose by $6675 to $44,690, March to $65,085, and March to $7295 to $46,353.
In the cryptocurrency market, most of the stocks started on an uptrend, with some major stocks rising sharply.
With the news that Tesla had bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin, the price of bitcoin surged just before the market started, breaking an all-time high.
According to foreign media, it was reported that in just a few minutes, it was reported that Tesla had purchased bitcoin for the purpose of diversifying assets and improving cash asset returns in data submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) It surged from the dollar line to more than $44,000.
In addition, it is known that Tesla is not simply investing in bitcoin and is planning to introduce bitcoin as a payment method in its vehicle transactions in the future.
On the other hand, amid the focus of the cryptocurrency market, Ethereum futures trading began on the Chicago Merchandise Exchange (CME), and the premium at the departure of the New York Market is increasing.
The Ethereum futures price was $1739.75 for February and $1736.75 for March.
The Block said that it is common for futures contracts to have a certain premium in the bull market of certain stocks, but Ethereum futures can be seen as reflecting positive market sentiment in that the contract has just begun.
Cointelegraph pointed out that it remains to be seen whether the performance of Ethereum, which has just started contracts, can continue, or whether it will trigger a sharp correction as in the case of past Bitcoin futures and lead to a bear market.