Periods similar to the ongoing SEC-induced FUD test the resilience of short-term holders – a cohort that is typically the first to flee as the price of crypto-asset tanks. However, the latest data suggest that the movement of short-term Bitcoin holders depicted strong interest in staying in the market and gaining profitability. A CryptoQuant analyst...Read More
Bitcoin is up 4.5% on Tuesday despite back-to-back lawsuits from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) targeting two of the world’s largest crypto exchanges this week. The event has triggered $94 million in liquidations across the market over the last day – mostly consisting of shorts. Per data from Coinglass, $61.5 million in short...Read More
Bitcoin’s network fundamentals have continued to explode this year. The price side of things, however, has been disappointing recently. With its stagnating since mid-March, concerns about possible downside targets stretching toward $20,000 have emerged. Despite some encouraging signs in recent months, Bitcoin’s latest retreat dragged its price below $27,000. Bitcoin’s Key Support Areas As the...Read More
On Tuesday, the prices of bitcoin and other crypto assets were seen trading at a discount on the Australian arm of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, compared to rival local platforms. As of 1:10 pm, bitcoin (BTC) was trading at A$34,863 ($22,670) on Binance Australia, about A$7,516 ($4,913) lower than the...Read More
Although it was launched less than a year ago in its current version, ChatGPT has already made massive strides in the AI community and has become a go-to chatbot for countless questions and inquiries. However, it’s worth noting that the AI virtual machine is not perfect, makes certain mistakes, and cannot be trusted blindly. No,...Read More
In its weekly on-chain report, analytics provider Glassnode cautioned that there is likely to be a big move ahead for BTC following a period of low volume and volatility. “Given the extremely low volatility, and narrow trading ranges of late, it seems this equilibrium is soon to be disturbed,” it noted. Bitcoin jumped 4% on...Read More
The former head of BitMEX – Arthur Hayes – has backtracked from his previous prediction about Bitcoin’s price trajectory. The exec said the largest crypto asset is unlikely to reach $70,000 this year, but 2024 could be bullish for the entire market. Bracing for Armageddon While speaking on the ‘What Bitcoin Did podcast,’ Hayes predicted...Read More
Crypto markets are in the green during the Monday morning Asian trading session. The momentum has been driven by a debt ceiling deal between U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy. However, the tentative agreement to suspend the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling has yet to clear Congress. Nevertheless, it has...Read More
Should bitcoin start resembling more the price performance as well as the investment structure of gold, its price could skyrocket to $45,000, according to a note by JPMorgan’s analysts. However, the multinational investment bank believes there’s a big catch. Bitcoin’s YTD performance has been rather impressive, as the asset entered 2023 at under $17,000 following...Read More
On May 26, on-chain analytics provider Santiment observed that Bitcoin traders often buy short-term, small crypto price dips but have been scared to buy the longer-term bigger ones. It added that mentions of buying the dip are dormant at the moment, suggesting very weak market sentiment. “Historically, this kind of #FUD has been good to...Read More
Bitcoin turned higher this week, recording a modest 2% gain. While the largest crypto asset continues to languish below several key levels, the holders’ accumulation over the past several weeks suggests that it is “increasingly being used as a buy-and-hold asset.’” According to Bitfinex’s latest report, over 68.45% of the total supply, amounting to 13.27...Read More
The “poor sentiment” surrounding Bitcoin dominated the trend over several weeks as its price mostly remained trapped below the $28,000 level. However, more recent data is flashing bullish for the world’s largest crypto asset indicating that it could potentially be on the cusp of a bullish breakout. Bitcoin Bottom Is In Bitcoin’s tight-range consolidation may...Read More
Although typically regarded as a volatile asset with major price fluctuations, bitcoin has been stuck in a tight range for the past several days. However, all that could change in the following days, at least according to similar historical developments. Aside from a price dive on May 12 to a two-month low, BTC’s recent performance...Read More
The Democrat candidate for U.S. President took to the “Nakamoto Stage” at the Bitcoin 2023 conference to make some powerful pledges. Robert F. Kennedy shared his own experiences with Bitcoin stating that he would protect the rights of Americans to hold and use the asset if he is elected president. “As president, I will make...Read More
Tether – the company behind the largest stablecoin by means of total market cap – USDT – will be buying Bitcoin. It joins the rank of other large corporations by adding the primary cryptocurrency to its balance sheet. Tether revealed today that starting this month (May), the company will “regularly” allocate as much as 15%...Read More
For some, the Ordinals craze has wreaked havoc in the Bitcoin ecosystem. BTC’s price may have, so far, failed to capitalize on it, but that was not the case for the network miners. In fact, the development has been a blessing in disguise for them. Bitcoin Miner Revenue Shoots Up This month was marked by...Read More
Santiment – a crypto markets intelligence platform – has a bullish outlook on Bitcoin after the Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate by another 25 basis points on Wednesday. In a follow-up blog post, the firm claimed that the top crypto is showing “some promising rise potential” – particularly as its correlation to equities...Read More
According to data from the crypto financial service platform Matrixport, the narrowing wedge that has been in formation for the past three weeks is about to break to the upside. Such a trend could project a move higher by an equal amount to the range at which the triangle started to form. A breakout could...Read More
The Bitcoin ordinal inscription craze is back, and network transactions are surging as a result. On May 1, on-chain analytics provider Glassnode reported that daily transactions were approaching peak levels. The 30-day moving average for the metric had reached 348,700 daily transactions. Furthermore, the peak level was measured in 2017 when it reached 379,000 transactions...Read More
First Republic Bank stock (FRC) lost half its value on Tuesday, April 25, following a disappointing quarterly earnings report. The embattled bank was the worst performer on the S&P 500 for the day as investors dumped its shares. Since the beginning of the year, First Republic stock has dumped 93%. The bank has become the...Read More
In a note published on April 24, Standard Chartered analysts predicted that Bitcoin prices will climb to $100,000 by the end of 2024. Analyst Geoff Kendrick noted that the collapse of several U.S. banks, including Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate, and Signature, has solidified the case for Bitcoin as a “decentralized, trustless, and scarce digital asset.”...Read More
By quoting Portfolio Shield’s inventor, Steven Van Metre, Robert Kiyosaki warned that gold prices could be heading toward a massive correction that could slash the value in half. At the same time, he reaffirmed his stance that “cash is trash” and his belief in the yellow metal as well as bitcoin. Gold to Drop Hard?...Read More
Despite its previous success, the stock-to-flow model attracted numerous opponents in the past year, given its failure to predict bitcoin’s price in 2022. Its creator, though, remains a believer and outlined the possible scenarios in play for BTC for the next halving, which is supposed to take place in a year. S2F Places BTC at...Read More
Bitcoin has posted the strongest quarterly returns since its November 2021 all-time high. Furthermore, BTC has gained more than 80% since the beginning of the year, making it the best-performing asset of 2023 so far. Comparatively, gold has gained just 9% in the same period, and the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 has managed around 20% since...Read More
The Bitcoin price (BTC) began to bubble up from the $27,900 handle on Sunday, Apr 9. By Monday, it had entered into full rally territory, shooting up to $30,450 by Tuesday. But most of Jim Cramer’s audience probably missed the opportunity to make a cool 23% gain as he CNBC “Mad Money” host told viewers...Read More
Fed watchers expect the American central bank to raise the federal funds rate by 0.25 or 0.50 percent. The CME Fed Watch tool has notched up to anticipating a 0.50 interest rate hike in the Fed Funds rate, with a 72% probability of at least a 0.25 hike at the next meeting. The Yahoo Finance...Read More
Bitcoin appears to have hit a ceiling as the price continued to hover below the psychological resistance level of $30,000. This has led some to believe that the rally may soon come to an end since futures OI has been relatively flat throughout the year. But the options market has a different story to tell....Read More
Economic, financial, and business analysts have been on the lookout for an imminent recession since late 2022. The only question in a field of certainty that a mild recession is looming is where? Jamie Dimon: Bank Failures Could Lead to Recession in 2023 Will the recession emerge from a financial crisis? Will oil or some...Read More
According to on-chain analytics provider Glassnode, there are almost a million addresses holding more than one Bitcoin. Furthermore, the number of “wholecoiner” addresses has doubled since around mid-2016. It plateaued at just over 800,000 addresses during the last cycle peak but has increased during the cycle bottom of late 2022 and into 2023 as investors...Read More
Blockchain data analytics platform Glassnode revealed that there has been an “abrupt rotation of capital starting as FTX collapsed,” It added that coins have been transferred from long-term holders towards a new cohort of buyers. This change in hodl patterns has been seen in previous cycles and could be an “inflection point, suggesting a changing...Read More
