The number of traders who had bullish positions on bitcoin is declining. And it could be significant in determining the cryptocurrency’s next big move.Charts on the Bitfinex exchange earlier showed an almost parabolic rise in long positions, showing that investors expected to profit from a rise in the bitcoin price.Between November 23 and December 23,...Read More
Bitcoin price rallied recently above $7,300 before it ran into $7,500 against the US Dollar.The price is showing positive signs it seems like the bulls aim another test of $7,500.There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $7,325 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The pair is...Read More
The total crypto market cap is slowly rising and it is now above the $185.0B support.Bitcoin price rallied recently, but it failed to climb above the $7,500 resistance.Binance coin (BNB) price is up more than 5% and it broke the $14.20 resistance area.Litecoin (LTC) price is slowly recovering and it is now trading above $42.50.BCH...Read More
Ripple price is slowly grinding higher and approaching the $0.2000 resistance against the US dollar.XRP seems to be forming a nice support near the $0.1940 and $0.1925 levels.There is a key rising channel forming with support near $0.1945 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken).The price remains well bid and...Read More
Ethereum is up more than 5% and it broke the $130 and $132 resistance levels against the US Dollar.The price is currently consolidating near the $135 level, with a positive bias.There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $131 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).Bitcoin also surged above...Read More
The past few months haven’t been too kind to Bitcoin. Case in point, since peaking at $14,000 this June, the cryptocurrency has fallen by 50%, tumbling as low as $6,400 due to selling pressure from PlusToken and weak hands.Despite this strong retracement, there is a confluence of technical factors that suggest the medium-term future is bright for...Read More
Bitcoin‘s Lightning Network is popularly considered a poor scalability solution by the general crypto community but its supporters are adamant that its privacy feature is fundamentally secure. The aforementioned sentiment was discussed in a recent research paper released by three Hungarian Researchers. The paper titled “A Crypto-economic Traffic Analysis of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network” raised concerns...Read More
After a strong decline, bitcoin price found support near $7,000 against the US Dollar.The price is now trading near the $7,300 and $7,320 resistance levels.There is a major breakout pattern forming resistance near $7,320 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The price could dip a few points, but it is...Read More
At the turn of the month, analysts were quick to check Bitcoin’s charts, checking if any of their indicators signaled that bears remained in control of the cryptocurrency market. Unfortunately for bulls, indicators did.Per previous reports from NewsBTC, November’s monthly candle close resulted in the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) — which is a “trend-following...Read More
Over the past few weeks, the price of gold has begun to pick up steam, surging by $35, some 2.5%, in the past three days. In the past four weeks, since the start of December, the asset has gained 4%.While this Santa Claus rally has already brought the price of the metal above $1,500, where...Read More
A look at the price movement chart for XRP since its inception showed little price action over the last year. 2019 saw a yearly high of around $0.50, a dismal price-tag compared to 2018’s high of $3.31. It had breached under the $0.20 mark earlier this month and has had some trouble recovering from the...Read More
Bitcoin‘s Lightning Network has received a lot of flak over the years, but a majority of its criticism is due to lack of clarity. Although the scaling solution recently received support from major exchange Bitfinex, the community remained skeptical about LN’s functionality and application. Recent research provided by a group of Hungarian researchers sheds more...Read More
The growth of digital assets’ derivatives market underlined one of the key developments in 2019. Institutional involvement soared significantly as the likes of Fidelity and ICE’s Bakkt announced their presence in the crypto industry and other exchanges such as Binance, also launched their own futures platform. A majority of the exchanges launched Bitcoin or Ethereum...Read More
Since November 20, Bitcoin has been consolidating between the $7000 and $7500 levels, with intermittent pumps to $7800 and dips under $6500. Despite relatively poor performance over the last month, there is still hope for BTC as December leads us into the new year. Source: CoinStats Bitcoin 1-day chart Source: BTCUSD on TradingView Bitcoin’s daily...Read More
Bitcoin is the best performing investment of the last decade, bringing investors who bought the asset early unimaginable returns.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
Earlier this month, the one-week Bitcoin chart printed an extremely bullish sign: the golden cross of the 50-week and 100-week simple moving averages, with the former crossing above the latter. (As an aside, a golden cross is when a short-term moving average crosses over a long-term one to imply bulls have control.)Related Reading: Bitcoin Poised to Collapse...Read More
XRP hasn’t done too hot over the past few months, both in terms of its performance against the U.S. dollar and against Bitcoin. Even over the past year, the third-largest altcoin has collapsed by 50%, underperforming the leading cryptocurrency by a massive margin.Despite this, an analyst is starting to believe that the price of XRP...Read More
Cryptocurrencies introduced a whole new financial industry but a string of debates trailed immediately behind it. A major discussion that is hotly contested across various assets is whether an asset can be categorized as security or not. ICOs created a major issue in 2018 when over $11 billion were raised from crypto projects, as the policymakers...Read More
Earlier this month, Bitcoin (BTC) plunged as low as $6,400, marking a new multi-month low for the leading cryptocurrency. But as fast as the crypto dropped, it reversed, with BTC surging to $7,700 just last weekend on the back of bulls looking to buy in the $6,000s.Related Reading: Why Bitcoin Network’s Record 2019 Is Bullish...Read More
Ethereum’s price action has been largely bearish over the past several days and weeks, with ETH facing multiple strong rejections that have pointed to some underlying weakness amongst the cryptocurrency’s bulls.Analysts are now noting that Ethereum could be on the verge of incurring a major upwards movement, but that it may need to drop significantly...Read More
It’s either black or white with Bitcoin: While In India, China, and Russia, the largest digital asset is still identified as an illegal form of currency, the same asset has been recognized as a beacon of hope for certain nations based in South America. Over the past few years, the likes of Venezuela, Columbia, and...Read More
After a precipitous drop to $6,400 earlier this month, Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a strong rebound, trading as high as $7,700 just this past weekend.While some say this a precursor to a return to the bull market that graced the cryptocurrency industry for the first half of 2019, analysts say it’s too early to be...Read More
Bitcoin price spiked towards $7,400, but it failed to retain strength against the US Dollar.The bulls need to protect the $7,120 and $7,000 support levels in the near term.There is a major bearish trend line active with resistance near $7,360 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The pair could spike...Read More
The total crypto market cap is holding the key $182.0B and $180.0B support levels.Bitcoin price is trading above the $7,200 support and it could start a fresh increase.Litecoin (LTC) price is slowly rising and it might test the $41.20 resistance.BCH price is up 4% and it is moving higher towards the $200 resistance area.EOS price...Read More
Ethereum is still trading above the $122 and $125 support levels against the US Dollar.The price could start a decent increase above the $128 and $130 resistance levels.This week’s major bearish trend line was breached with resistance near $126 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).Bitcoin spiked above $7,300, but it failed...Read More
Just over a year ago, the price of bitcoin registered an average low of $3,120 across many regulated and unregulated cryptocurrency exchanges. A year before that, the asset was trading at its Everest value of $20,000. The 84 percent decline in the “revolutionary” financial asset allowed Bloomberg to reiterate that bitcoin, indeed, was a bubble.However,...Read More
Earlier this year, in late-September, prominent Bitcoin analyst FilbFilb posted this chart below, showing that he expects for BTC to jump by dozens of percent to near $10,000, then collapse to the low-$6,000s to interact with the “miners bottom range.”While some laughed this off as pure bearish sentiment at the time, FilbFilb’s prediction was proven...Read More
Most of the commodities, stocks, and bonds staged an outstanding run in 2019. But the traditional asset classes still fell short before a stronger and a more offbeat contender: Bitcoin.The benchmark cryptocurrency, which more or less functions as a “decentralized” payment startup, underwent a dreamy bull run during 2019’s first and the second fiscal quarter....Read More
Bitcoin price is just holding the key $7,120 and $7,000 support levels against the US Dollar.A bearish break below the $7,000 support could start a short term downtrend.There are two bearish trend lines forming with resistance near $7,240 and $7,400 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The pair is likely...Read More
Ripple price is now trading well below the $0.2000 and $0.1950 supports against the US dollar.XRP is facing hurdles, while bitcoin and Ethereum are declining steadily.There is a connecting bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.1890 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken).The price could continue to decline unless...Read More
