The blockchain industry showed some surprising resilience in July, which may point to a period of greater fundamental support for the crypto space overall in the short term. In looking at a wide variety of indicators, including Bitcoin’s (BTC) price action, open interest on Ether (ETH) and activity in GameFi, there are some strong signals to suggest that a bullish sentiment is returning to this space.
Smooth sailing from now on is not a given, though. Cointelegraph Research’s latest Investor Insights analyzes key indicators from different sectors of the blockchain industry to navigate those potentially treacherous crypto waters. In the latest edition, Cointelegraph Research’s bearish-to-bullish index was a level C indicating a short-term cautionary time. While there are still mixed signals, the overall sentiment was leaning toward the bulls for July.
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Bitcoin closed July up 16.6% since the start of the month, a gain not seen since October 2021. BTC continues to range with a level of resistance around $24,000; however, the repeated approach and rejection are likely to break at some point if factors change, such as positive economic growth reports from the United States and elsewhere. At the same time, Ethereum saw an all-time high of unique active wallet addresses, 48% higher than previous records. Both indicators are bullish for the blockchain space.
The GameFi sector has been on a decline since the large market crash in the first half of 2022. However, July saw a 4.7% jump in new users across all of GameFi compared to June. Some highlights from this sector include the sale of digital real estate and the sale of a Genesis Land plot, which went for 550
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