Crypto market stasis: Experts and academics take questions on bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies

Ask your questions in the comments and a leading academic and market analyst will answer them

The crypto market has entered a period of consolidation at the start of July (Getty Images)

After a chaotic few months for cryptocurrency, the market has calmed down considerably.

For the last seven days, bitcoin has failed to break above $36,000 or drop below $32,000 – and for the last seven weeks it has traded within a $10,000 window between $30,000 and $40,000.

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This remarkable period of stability has been largely mirrored by other leading cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum (ether) and Cardano (ada), however certain meme coins have managed to buck market trends with their own record-breaking runs.

To help make sense of all this, we’ve invited two experts to take your questions on the current market limbo.

Has bitcoin entered a bear market or is this just a price correction in a longer term bull run? Which other cryptocurrencies are worth looking out for? What impact do the latest laws and regulations have on the overall market?

Dr Iwa Salami, a senior lecturer in financial law at the University of East London, and Fred Schebesta, a crypto advocate and founder of comparison platform Finder.com, will join us on Thursday, giving Independent readers an opportunity to ask anything they like about bitcoin and the crypto space.

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Put your questions below and we’ll put as many as we can to our experts during a live stream that will be available to all registered users.

All you have to do is register to submit your question by 11am on Thursday (8 July) in the comments below.

If you’re not already a member, click “sign up” in the comments box to leave your question. Don’t worry if you can’t see your question – they’ll be hidden until we post the live stream recording in this article.