India, May 20 -- A mildly positive sentiment prevails in the cryptocurrency markets ahead of the release of the FOMC minutes as well as earnings update from AI giant NVIDIA. President Trump's comments about a quick end to the Middle East war, the decline in crude oil prices, Wall Street futures trading in the green, the dollar's flat moves as well as easing sovereign bond yields lifted market sentiment. Overall cryptocurrency market capitalization has edged up around half a percent in the past 24 hours. Market leader Bitcoin traded between $77,587 and $76,082.
The minutes of the Federal Open Markets Committee due to be released on Wednesday assumes significance as it would indicate the extent of hawkish overtones in the Committee's deliber...