With Bitcoin holding above $40,000 for more than a month now, previously written-off pricing models have been revived. On Jan. 7, stock-to-flow creator “PlanB” commented that when he wrote the S2F article calling for a $55,000 Bitcoin price, “People said I was crazy.” He added that Bitcoin is around $40,000 at the moment, and the...Read More
While Bitcoin continued to break records throughout 2023, the kiosks providing the option to acquire cryptocurrencies using cash or debit cards have been on a decline. According to Coin ATM Radar, the total count of crypto ATMs worldwide has dwindled from 37,827 on January 1, 2023, to 33,628 on January 1, 2024, marking a noticeable...Read More
The digital asset investment products experienced inflows of $2.25 billion throughout the entire 2023. This places it as the third-best year based on data dating back to 2017, with 2020 recording $6.6 billion and 2021 reaching $10.7 billion, according to the latest report by CoinShares. As such, the inflows for 2023 were 2.7 times higher...Read More
Bitcoin bounced back from the flash crash earlier this week after reports on the potential rejection of a widely anticipated spot ETF approval in the US. While investors have maintained a positive outlook, BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes has offered a cautious perspective on the future of the asset. In fact, the prominent commentator is gearing...Read More
The options market shows significant interest in Bitcoin’s (BTC) bullish price movement. Investors expect the price of the leading digital asset to move upwards as the January expiration date approaches. Data from crypto options and futures exchange Deribit shows that the majority of contracts are calls with a strike price of $50,000. This indicates that...Read More
Around $100 billion has left the crypto market over the past 24 hours as Bitcoin crashed in late trading on Jan. 3. BTC slumped as much as 8% to bottom out at around $42,000 before recovering to reclaim $43,000 again on Jan. 4. Many have cited reports and rumors that the highly anticipated pack of...Read More
Global macro investor Lyn Alden hopes to see Bitcoin (BTC) reach $200,000 per coin in the next two years, believing $100,000 would be a “disappointing” outcome. In a Monday episode of What Bitcoin Did, Alden assessed Bitcoin’s role within the current macroeconomic environment, and why its potential price destination may be hard to forecast between...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) miners have suddenly begun offloading their BTC holdings to crypto exchanges, signaling a potential reversal of months of upward price momentum. Per a Sunday post from SignalQuant – an author for Bitcoin analytics firm CryptoQuant – paying attention to short-term miner behavior may be necessary for “wise investment.” The Meaning Of Miner Deposits...Read More
The crypto market sentiment has turned to greed, signaling a bullish stance among investors. According to crypto data source Alternative.me, the Fear and Greed Index is currently at 71/100, representing a period of greed among Bitcoin (BTC) investors. This comes as the leading digital asset surges past the $45,000 resistance level as anticipation around potential...Read More
Bitcoin reached its highest point in almost 21 months, surpassing $45,800, as the ongoing crypto rally extends into 2024. A new report suggests that the flagship asset is set for more gains in the coming weeks, with several catalysts in play. Matrixport’s latest analysis suggests the potential approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF, which could...Read More
Bitcoin has gained 7.2% over the past 24 hours to reach an intraday high of $45,498 during the Tuesday morning Asian trading session. Prices remained flat over the holiday weekend but have started to move as the first working week of the new year begins. The big move has pushed the world’s largest digital asset...Read More
As altcoins surge in various directions, it’s noteworthy that the market has not undergone a 25% drawdown in the past 12 months for 234 consecutive days, marking the lengthiest streak since 2011. Even as altcoins continued to fly across the board, Bitcoin has emerged as a winner and one of the top-performing crypto assets so...Read More
The rise and triumph of the Ordinals in 2023 have provoked the ire of Bitcoin maximalists. The surge in transaction fees, in particular, has heightened tensions between the two factions of the Bitcoin community. In an unexpected turn of events, a contributor to Taproot Wizards, a collection featuring inscriptions by Bitcoin Ordinals, claims to have...Read More
There’s no stopping MicroStrategy as it continues its accumulation of Bitcoin. In the latest development, the Michael Saylor-founded software developer is concluding 2023 with a strategic move, acquiring 14,620 Bitcoins for approximately $615.7 million at an average price of $42,110 per Bitcoin. As of December 26, 2023, MicroStrategy – which has established itself as the...Read More
Bitcoin’s hash rate reached a record-breaking 544 exahashes per second (EH/s) on December 25, marking a remarkable 130% increase since January, when it stood at 253 EH/s. The surge in hash rate coincides with Bitcoin’s price skyrocketing by over 150% in 2023. While this may seem like a positive development, it brings added challenges for...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader crypto market could have a positive year in 2024 due to the effects of several on-chain metrics. According to a weekly report from market analytics platform CryptoQuant, metrics that could influence bitcoin’s positive trajectory next year include the upcoming halving, growing stablecoin liquidity, the widely anticipated spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund...Read More
Fox Business anchor Charles Payne is a Bitcoin (BTC) investor – and he sees the price of one coin potentially soaring to $1 million. In a newly published interview, the financial program host weighed the pros and cons of investing in stocks versus Bitcoin and explained why he thinks the government may conspire to capture...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) retraced 5% over the second week in December to $42,236 on Saturday, Dec. 16, from a 19-month high of $44,700 on Dec. 9. The decline in average crypto exchange spot prices for Bitcoin followed an astonishing 62% rally over two months from $27,162 on Oct. 16 to that key resistance around the $44,000...Read More
All eyes are on the launch of a spot Bitcoin ETF, with the announcement expected to be just under three weeks from now. This was according to QCP Capital’s observation which said that an approval could arrive either at the market close on January 5th or sometime between January 8th and 10th in 2024. Every...Read More
Bitcoin markets have remained sideways or slightly down since the beginning of December. Strong resistance at $44,000 has proved difficult to overcome, and a new resistance level at $43,000 has been tested and rejected twice. On Dec. 19, market analyst ‘CryptoCon’ said it would be so easy to join the crowd and call for one...Read More
The price of Bitcoin experienced a decline following an impressive surge to $45,000 earlier this month. During the market lull, Bitcoin’s loyal supporters continued to stack up tokens that may have aided in a mild recovery leading to the price stabilizing above $42,500. According to the data compiled by Intotheblock, large Bitcoin holders accumulated approximately...Read More
Last week, bitcoin (BTC) rallied past $44,000 but hit a significant resistance level at almost $45,000 and came tumbling down. According to a report by an analyst at market analytics platform CryptoQuant, profit-taking by a certain investor cohort may have caused BTC’s price to retrace. BTC’s Short-term Retracement CryptoQuant’s analyst Yonsei discovered through an analysis...Read More
After posting remarkable gains, Bitcoin entered a new week on shaky ground as sell-offs hint at a shift in sentiment. The traders are currently on edge amid a pause in the once-continuous upward trajectory of its prices. The latest data suggest that professional traders have turned cautious amidst uncertainty in Bitcoin’s price. Bitcoin Professional Traders...Read More
As Bitcoin emerges as the top-performing asset in 2023, it has garnered endorsement from major Wall Street players such as BlackRock, who are actively working to integrate cryptocurrencies into the financial mainstream. This indicates that the extended Crypto Winter has indeed come to an end, but it seems that retail participants are falling behind. Retail...Read More
Jan van Eck – the CEO of VanEck – one of the first global financial companies to file for a spot Bitcoin ETF years ago – believes BTC is a unique asset that will be extremely hard to duplicate or outdo. He also refuted the speculations that the asset is one big bubble and said...Read More
The price of bitcoin (BTC) has entered a correction phase following the asset’s rally to and beyond the $44,000 mark. A weekly report from the on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant revealed that several valuation metrics show the leading digital asset is due for a correction as its price has increased too fast. BTC in the Correction...Read More
Bitcoin is signaling the start of a new bullish trend, rebounding to $42.6k following a recent sell-off primarily driven by short-term holders (STHs), who constitute the more speculative segment of the Bitcoin investor base. Ether also experienced an upswing, crossing the $2,270 mark alongside the world’s largest crypto. On the backdrop, substantial capital inflows into...Read More
On Dec. 14, Bitcoin pioneer Nic Carter asked the burning question. Almost everyone assumes that we’re due for a 2017/18 or 2021/22-esque bull run, he said. “I’ll be the guy to ask why. Do you have any basis for this or have you trained a model on 2 data points?” he asked. The question is...Read More
On Dec. 13, Bitwise Invest research analyst Ryan Rasmussen predicted that Bitcoin will hit an all-time high of $80,000 in 2024. He did not specify a month or quarter but said that two major catalysts will help get us there. These are the anticipated launch of a spot Bitcoin ETF in early 2024 and the...Read More
VanEck Associates, the mutual fund and ETF manager with over $76 billion in assets under management (AUM), has a bold Bitcoin price prediction for 2024. The fund’s digital assets division expects a Donald Trump reelection victory next year to coincide with a new all-time high price for BTC. VanEck Analysts 2024 Bitcoin Price Prediction A...Read More
