BlockBeats News, April 16th, according to HTX market data, as Federal Reserve’s Mester stated the need to keep interest rates unchanged for a period of time, Bitcoin continued its strength and is currently trading at $74,709, with a 24-hour gain of 0.89%. In the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the entire network was $260 million, with long liquidations at $110 million and short liquidations at $150 million.
According to Bitget market data, the U.S. stock market closed on Wednesday with the Dow down 0.15%, the S&P 500 up 0.8%, and the Nasdaq up 1.59%, with the latter two hitting new all-time highs. Crude oil futures prices fell back, with intraday declines in WTI crude oil futures and Brent crude oil futures.
