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Following weak momentum that had surrounded several digital currencies, indications of a market correction were observed on November 1. Candlesticks were green on Thursday this week for most leading digital currencies. This is a big boost to crypto traders and investors although the whole bearish trend hasn't slackened. Some of the cryptos with the most prudent momentum increase are Ripple (XRP) with 2.22% and Bitcoin (BTC) with 0.9% on hourly charts.

Bitcoin (BTC) prices and trading volume might continue diving, and the latest bear market could continue for more than a year and a half. That's a realistic assessment from Arthur Hayes, CEO of BitMEX, the globe's biggest BTC trading platform.

According to recent statistics, crypto-derivatives trading makes up 90% of the trading volume, in notional value, in crypto trading market – comparing with spot trading. The domination of crypto-derivatives prove this kind of leveraged instrument is playing a fundamental role in price discovery process of cryptocurrency market. And it gradually becomes an important piece in a mature and well-balanced marketplace.

Ripple (XRP) officially released this year's third quarter (Q3) markets report. The report indicated how XRP is flourishing as a firm and how they currently see the digital currency market.

After its dip to $6,400 over the Weekend, BTC seems to have regained its position as the price increased to $6,535. It seems that the currency has relatively stabilised as nothing extraordinary happens in the market.

Over the last two days, trading volume of Bitcoin has dropped considerably from more than $5 billion to $3.8 billion, and is rapidly approaching ts annual low.

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), generally thought to be the apex post-trade market facility, announced on Tuesday, October 16, a wide study that concluded that blockchain can be leveraged to underprop arithmetic mean daily trading volumes in the flourishing U.S equity market of 100 million trades daily.

LocalBitcoins, a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform, hit record-breaking Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes in Egypt, Argentina and Venezuela in October 2018. In other places such as Croatia and Switzerland, trading volumes have struck annual lows.

The digital currency market has settled after a frantic 24-hour time caused by the hasty rise in the price of Bitcoin (BTC).