April 18, 2023: On Monday, Cryptocurrencies decreased as investors put excitement from Ethereum’s “Shapella” upgrade behind them and focused on upcoming bank earnings and slump concerns.

Bitcoin decreased over 3% to $29,453.47, according to Coin Metrics, a decrease below the key $30,000 it reached in the previous week for the first time since June. Therefore, Ether was lower by 2.6% but maintained the $2,000 it broke through the last week.

Crypto comes off a winning week in which costs were boosted by optimism around Ethereum’s previous tech upgrade, dubbed “Shapella”. The update is meant to bring massive liquidity to the network by permitting “locked up” Ether to be withdrawn and ultimately draw in institutional interest in the long term. Bitcoin and Ether advanced 8% and 12% for the week.

This week, it won’t be surprising to see a minor price correction, according to Yuya Hasegawa, the crypto market analyst at Japanese bitcoin trade Bitbank. There could be few selling pressure as some investors may get to take profits from the last week.

While crypto which rallying, “Friday’s U.S. stock market is witnessing unstable movements as stronger-than-anticipated consumer sentiment and Fed’s Waller’s talk strengthened the possibility of one more rate hike in May,” Hasegawa said. “Therefore, the Fed Funds futures market has already priced in over 80% chance of a 25bp hike in May, so pressures from macro signs on the price of bitcoin are anticipated to be limited.”

Crypto investors are watching bank earnings for more insight into the health of the sector and the possibility of a coming slump. Several Fed officials are scheduled to discuss this week too.

“We haven’t experienced crypto perform in a high-rate, slowing growth environment until now,” stated Callie Cox, an analyst at investing company eToro. “It’s anyone’s guesses the way crypto acts during a recession.”

This week, any downside potential “should not be okay” or keep Bitcoin from restarting on its uptrend, Hasegawa stated.