Bitcoin is on the brink of re-emerging above $30,000 for the first time since June 2022. As excitement abounds, how are indicators looking for the asset both on and off chain?Crypto market intelligence platform Santiment recently analyzed some observable impacts and triggers of Bitcoin’s latest price moves, noting rising social volume and dominance compared to...Read More
There’s been a lot of talk about Bitcoin’s potential to one day reach $1 million per coin – possibly within the next few years. But is that a reasonable assumption? Here are the data points to consider when assessing Bitcoin’s likelihood of reaching seven figures. The Halving Cycle Bitcoin’s monetary issuance schedule is designed to...Read More
Despite fears surrounding the US banking sector, the Fed has followed through on its plans to quell inflation with an interest rate hike of 25 basis points on Wednesday. The decision notably affected the price of Bitcoin, which pumped $300 within 5 minutes of the announcement. Bitcoin started the day trading at $28,216, before rising...Read More
As Bitcoin returns to a 9-month high above $28,000, a growing number of on-chain signs show the asset may be entering an early bull market. On Monday, blockchain analytics firm Glassnode said the Bitcoin market “appears to be shifting gears” amid turmoil within the traditional banking system. Reclaiming Momentum According to the firm’s weekly report,...Read More
Markets are starting to price in an incoming Fed pivot as bank instability forces central banks to protect the financial system.Analysis from CryptoQuant analyst Cristian Palusi suggests that the liquidity crises now plaguing commercial banks may be a “long-awaited buy signal” for Bitcoin. Banks Down, Bitcoin Up In a post published on Thursday, Palusci noted...Read More
Ryan Selkis – CEO of the crypto intelligence firm Messari – believes there will be more negative events in the financial world in the near future, including bank crashes. He sees bitcoin acting as “a life raft and peaceful exit option” amid the calamity, predicting its price could soar to $100,000 in the next twelve...Read More
Bitcoin soared to a high of $26,514 on Tuesday, up 30% since crashing below $20,000 on Friday. What caused the king of crypto to rebound in such a spectacular fashion? Here are three possible reasons: Silicon Valley Bank’s Bailout Much of Bitcoin’s price trouble last week stemmed from uncertainty surrounding the crypto industry’s biggest banking...Read More
The past week has been wild altogether and not just in the cryptocurrency market. A major bank in the US – Silicon Valley Bank – experienced what was essentially a bank run and was forced to shut down by authorities to prevent further panic. The government, in the face of the Federal Reserve and the...Read More
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes published an essay on Thursday outlining “realistic potential situations” that could make oil prices boom, and make Bitcoin’s price skyrocket as a result. The former CEO argued that such a scenario could spur central banks across the world – including the Federal Reserve – to return to a market-friendly loose monetary...Read More
Following an ultimately flat February, eager investors are curious: what’s in store for Bitcoin’s price this March? Here’s a look at how Bitcoin has performed each March over the last 12 years. On average, the asset’s price has risen by 10% each time. Bitcoin, March, and the Halving In its earliest days, March wasn’t a...Read More
Bitcoin prices remain in consolidation following a 42% rally off the cycle bottom this year, but on-chain metrics are hitting new highs. Despite the 2023 crypto market rally, Bitcoin remains down 66% from its all-time high of 69,000 in November 2021. Those that missed the cycle bottom of $16,500 in mid-November may still have opportunities...Read More
The past 24 hours have seen the entirety of the crypto market trade in the green as Bitcoin’s price reached a high of just around $25K. The last time BTC traded around this level was back in August 2022, and the market seems ecstatic. But why did Bitcoin pump? Mystery Bitcoin Whales Behind the Rally?...Read More
The Galaxy Digital founder and chief executive said he expects Bitcoin prices to reach $30,000 by the end of March. Speaking at a Bank of America conference on Feb. 15, Novogratz said: “When I look at the price action, when I look at the excitement of the customers calling, the FOMO building up, it wouldn’t...Read More
The United States Department of Labor outlined the inflation numbers for the first month of 2023, which were slightly different that the expectations. Bitcoin reacted with an immediate price drop that drove it from $21,900 to $21,600 in minutes. The US government announced the latest CPI numbers on February 14, indicating that the Consumer Price...Read More
Bitcoin fell back to $22,000 on Thursday shortly after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) laid charges against Kraken for the unregistered offering of its staking services. Kraken agreed to halt the service and pay $30 million in disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and civil penalties, without admitting to or denying any wrongdoing. According to the SEC’s...Read More
BitMEX co-founder and macro-market analyst Arthur Hayes is deploying his dry powder into Bitcoin sooner than previously planned, according to his latest blog post. Hayes argued that despite his fears of a future crypto market retracement, there is still an opportunity to profit now from the ongoing risk asset rally that began last month. The...Read More
A study conducted by the financial consultancy firm – deVere Group – estimated that 82% of clients with over $1.2 million worth of investable assets sought advice on cryptocurrencies in the past 12 months. The significant interest came in spite of the broad market slump and the countless scandals and bankruptcies that happened in 2022....Read More
The popular Bitcoin price analyst Plan B has outlined a scenario that he predicts could propel Bitcoin’s price up to $1 million in the year 2025. At a minimum, he expects the asset to rise above $100,000 that year – over 300% above its current price. Return to the Bull Market In a video published...Read More
The price of bitcoin (BTC) in Nigeria has significantly increased beyond the global market valuation amid growing demand for the asset among citizens in the West African country. At the time of writing, BTC was trading at 17.5 million naira (approx. $38,005) on the leading Nigerian cryptocurrency exchange NairaEX. This means that Nigerians have to...Read More
Bitcoin prices have held onto recent gains this weekend, lifting to a new high for the year during the Monday morning Asian trading session. The move has placed another cohort of BTC buyers into the profit zone. According to Glassnode, those that bought Bitcoin in 2019 are back in the green again. The average withdrawal...Read More
The world’s largest economy just announced the GDP figures for the latest quarter of 2022, showing moderate but declining growth compared to Q3. Unlike most previous statements coming from the US, this one brought little-to-no immediate volatility to the crypto market, with BTC still standing above $23,000. The overall expectations ahead of the Q4 2022...Read More
Bitcoin prices have pushed higher over the weekend, continuing the rally that began with the new year. The asset has now notched up a 45% gain since its cycle low of $15,665 on November 22. However, there are mounting fears of a bull trap despite the rally still showing strength. A bull trap is a...Read More
The cryptocurrency rally this month was so robust that traders are looking out for the price bottom. Is the market there yet, or will bears take the prices back down to key optical support at $20K? Here are four new bullish indicators for the BTC price. Solid MA Crossover in New Bitcoin Addresses On-chain intelligence...Read More
Stocks and bonds got a nice lift in January out of fizzling inflation, strong consumer and job confidence, and hopes of lower interest rates. But the cryptocurrency spot exchange market absolutely surged on a Bitcoin price rally at the same time. The BTC price has recovered so dramatically since the start of the year that...Read More
Bitcoin’s rise within the past two weeks has made it one of the best-performing assets of the year, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. The firm’s senior macro strategist, Mike McGlone, compares the rally to a similar recovery in early 2019 – but in a macro environment of contracting liquidity. Is Bitcoin Back? In a post to...Read More
While the BTC price cratered over Alameda-FTX and Genesis-Gemini news, it decoupled from the S&P 500 Index and NASDAQ Composite. But after crypto exchange markets priced in the news, they were ready to rally with equities. Because of the Bitcoin stocks correlation, the price on crypto exchange markets moves in tandem with tech stocks like...Read More
Midway through January, crypto investors want to know why Bitcoin’s price spiked. Is it a dead cat bounce, a bull trap, or is the BTC bottom in soon, if not already past? Crypto analysts have offered a wide range of opinions. The Bitcoin price remained in reject territory through December. Sellers were parting with the...Read More
The Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index – a metric that determines the community’s general sentiment on the primary cryptocurrency – spiked to a state of “Neutral” for the first time in nearly nine months. The increase comes as a result of BTC’s positive start in 2023. At Last, out of the ‘Fear’ Zone The Bitcoin...Read More
The Bitcoin price has taken a battering over the past year. But at the same time, its volatility is at a historic low. Will BTC critics finally admit it’s a currency yet? Crypto markets are making a rebound in January, but there’s no certainty as to whether the bottom is in. Nearly all the major...Read More
There’s a crypto study out of South Korea recently of Chinese Bitcoin arbitrage traders and Korea’s “kimchi premium” on Bitcoin prices. Its characterization of the cross-border Bitcoin trade and recommendations miss some key economic foundations. A recently published crypto study by Incheon National University and the Bank of Korea is making the rounds. The authors...Read More