How Much Does Bitcoin Affect Ethereum Price Movement?

Bitcoin and Ethereum-Today’s two leading cryptocurrencies have been surging lately.

The hope has returned to investors as Bitcoin reaches the highest results since May.  Usually, Ethereum’s price movement follows bitcoin’s curve. How does BTC influence Ethereum? Or do they move independently?

Crypto market sentiment is mainly influenced by several factors. These factors could be expert forecasts or political events.

However, analyze it in a broader time frame. You will find that the price of most cryptocurrencies (basically, ETH) may depend mainly on the valuation of Bitcoin (BTC).

A study conducted by Skew analysts in November 2019 showed that ETH was the most correlated with BTC for two consecutive years. It had an average correlation coefficient of 0.9. At the same time, as the Binance research team reported ETH was the most relevant asset in 2019.

Does it mean Bitcoin is the leader and major influencer of the crypto market?

According to crypto trading charts, the drop in BTC prices inevitably affects the exchange rate of assets such as ETH, XRP, and Litecoin (LTC).

Therefore, according to traders and market analysts, the impact of BTC prices on other cryptocurrencies, especially ETH, is a natural event in the digital asset market.

The current correlation between the performance of BTC and ETH is significantly higher than the correlation between the value of BTC and other altcoins.

Analysts pointed out that the active discussion. Often controversial news about Facebook’s Libra is the main reason for the similar behavior of the first two cryptocurrencies.

Therefore, bitcoin prices are a barometer of investors’ overall sentiment towards digital currencies when it comes to the cryptocurrency market.

Accordingly, if it changes due to systemic factors affecting the market. For example, increased volatility in traditional markets or changes in cryptocurrency regulation—the ETH exchange rate may change in the same direction as BTC.