While Bitcoin’s price nosedived by 17% on Monday, at press time, it had recovered considerably, with the cryptocurrency noting gains of 10.82% in a single 24-hour window. These statistics are not enough, however, considering Bitcoiners’ activity on exchanges – their buying and selling patterns, their compulsions, and their withdrawal capacity. Along those lines, Bitcoin exchange...Read More
Galaxy Digital founder and CEO, Mike Novogratz cautioned investors because he believed that Bitcoin prices are currently correlated to risk assets, at least in the short run. He sees the digital asset’s prices falling instead of increasing if S&P stocks go down. In a recent interview at CNBC’s Squawk Box, the billionaire executive predicted: If...Read More
Erik Voorhees, who founded ShapeShift believes that it will take less than six months for the cryptocurrency market capitalization to reach $2 trillion. Voorhees, a Bitcoin maximalist took to Twitter on 7 January and said: Crypto Market Cap: $1 Trillion Took ten years. It will take less than six months to get to $2 Trillion.https://t.co/X4HCHcbEKs...Read More
Since December 2020, Bitcoin price has become synonymous with all-time highs. The coin remained true to this trend and hit another ATH at $40k on 07 January 2021. The largest cryptocurrency has surged over 35% year-to-date. The digital asset has been in the overbought zone for a while. With the existing CME gaps, BTC has...Read More
Amidst Bitcoin’s increasing activity, the idea of a short-term top is lost like noise. What must be remembered, however, is that a short-term Bitcoin top is still likely, if and when inflows from institutions like GrayScale drop. With Bitcoin trading at $37,290 at press time, the premium on exchanges like Coinbase is not as significant....Read More
Following the latest price developments for bitcoin, the cryptocurrency’s market cap has entered the top ten assets by market capitalization. More recently, BTC has closed the gap with Elon Musk’s electric vehicle and clean energy company, Tesla. Bitcoin Nears Tesla’s Market Cap The cryptocurrency has been on a remarkable run since October 2020. It ended...Read More
One of the major cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges, BitMEX, has completed the month-long process of verifying its entire user base. The development comes shortly after the platform said it would provide its clients with faster transactions via a new integration system update. 100% of Volume on the BitMEX Platform Fully Verified In a recent post, BitMEX has...Read More
Since the start of the year, Bitcoin’s price has surged by over 32 percent on the price charts. Thanks to the said surge, BTC, at press time, was valued at over $37k while it was priced at just $28k when the year began. However, what is really interesting is that this surge is being backed...Read More
In what is most likely a lighthearted take, billionaire investor Mark Cuban has said he would run for the US Presidency if the bitcoin price reaches $1 million per “coin.” Given the supply cap of 21 million units, BTC reaching $1 million would put the top-ranked crypto by market capitalization far eclipse gold’s $10 trillion...Read More
Another record high was registered by Bitcoin a few hours ago as it hit $37,780 for the first time according to Tradingview.com. The move has added a further 6.5% to the price over the past 24 hours and a whopping 30% over the past seven days. It is now trading way above daily moving averages...Read More
It’s been a good few weeks for the cryptocurrency market. On the back of Bitcoin climbing to one ATH after another and Ethereum going past $1000 on the price charts, the market hit yet another milestone today after the cumulative market cap of the industry hit the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever....Read More
Former Fed governor Kevin Warsh believed that US dollar is losing value and this situation seems to be affecting Bitcoin in a positive way. Kevin Warsh was a governor of the Federal Reserve System during and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. In a recent interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, the former government...Read More
The crypto-derivatives market was largely successful in 2020. While Bitcoin Futures have been in the limelight a lot due to the CME’s growth, Bitcoin Options stole the show with its consistent run throughout the course of 2020. However, its magnification goes beyond the regular interest of traders, with other factors playing a vital role in...Read More
With Bitcoin’s price rallying across spot exchanges, the estimated leverage ratio across exchanges is falling too. The leverage across exchanges has dropped lately, especially since the price crossed $25,000, and a drop in leverage indicates that retail traders are being careful about every move made in the market. In fact, they are especially careful about...Read More
Bitcoin investors, those who were around for the 2017 bull run, the price drop that followed in 2018, and who later survived the Black Thursday crash of March 2o20, understand how Bitcoin’s market cycles work. Though the ongoing price rally has kept Bitcoin traders on their toes, one can argue that the market cycles haven’t...Read More
Bitcoin set a new ATH of more than $35,000 on 6 January shortly after breaching the previous record high of $34,500 mark. This is much more than what Bitcoin cost in March 2020 which was around $3800. Many in the crypto economy believe that this year might see BTC touching a six-digit number. Moreover, on-chain...Read More
On the one hand, Bitcoin’s price breaking above $34,000 and $35,000 might have started an endless debate on whether there will be a spillover to other cryptocurrencies or not. On the other hand, another critical debate relates to the whale movement associated with the market’s top cryptocurrencies. This is a crucial debate, especially since the...Read More
With Bitcoin continuing its impressive rally on the price charts, investors all around the world are participating in trading the digital asset. On the back of the world’s largest cryptocurrency recording a new ATH beyond $35,000, this is likely to be the case in the near-term as well. Europe is no exception to this rule,...Read More
Bitcoin’s price seems to be showing no signs of stopping any time soon. After having breached one resistance level after another over the past few weeks, Bitcoin today breached another, the $35,000-mark, attaining yet another ATH in the process. Bitcoin’s latest price surge came on the back of an 8.9% surge over 12 hours. It...Read More
Macro investor Raoul Pal, CEO and Co-Founder of Real Vision Group thinks Bitcoin will soar to $1 million in roughly five years’ time. He believed that with the asset’s restricted supply, market demand will always be in Bitcoin’s favor. The former Goldman Sachs investment banker claimed that Bitcoin’s price-performance will continue to draw more interest...Read More
Blockstream’s CSO, Samson Mow, thinks that institutional investors decide to buy Bitcoin regardless of its price movements. The Bitcoin maximalist took to Twitter on 5 January to explain that entities seeking to buy the digital asset do not plan to buy BTC at a particular price. Instead, heads of such institutions plan to purchase a...Read More
The circulating supply of Bitcoin, at press time, was 18,591,375 ~ 18.6 million. That is close to 88.6% of the total supply. Now, even though each token is worth close to $31k, understanding the state of liquidity gives a better perspective of its value. According to Glassnode’s latest report, illiquidity is on a rise in...Read More
The previous year witnessed significant growth in decentralized applications. Total locked value locked (TVL) across all DeFi apps had hit $1 billion at the beginning of January 2020. A year later, DeFi TVL in dollars amounted to $18.3 billion, at press time, according to DeFi pulse. Image Source: DeFi Pulse Although Bitcoin attracted several major...Read More
How the times have changed. And apparently, so has The Financial Times. Consider this – A recent edition of the mainstream paper had Bitcoin take precedence and dominate the front page. The headline read, “High flyer: Bitcoin value tops $30,000.” Now, while the article does sound catchy and pretty, one must remember that FT wasn’t always...Read More
BitFarms, a publicly-listed Bitcoin mining operation in Canada, has raised funds amounting to CAD $20 million from U.S-based institutional investors in its latest investment round. According to a press release shared with AMB Crypto, the company entered into subscription agreements with certain institutional investors via a private placement comprised of 8,888,889 common shares, along with...Read More
Bitcoin’s price has gone on an impressive run in the last few weeks, accelerating at a parabolic rate. Despite the most recent correction, the asset is still trading somewhat solidly above the $30,000 mark, charting an impressive increase of 310% since the same time last year. Yet, Warren Buffett’s longtime partner, Charlie Munger, is still...Read More
The WikiLeaks Bitcoin donation wallet has received BTC from multiple people even as a London court has denied Julian Assange’s extradition to the U.S. based on health concerns. WikiLeaks has a history of attracting BTC donations, with Assange’s plight resonating with early adopters who share libertarian ideals. WikiLeaks Bitcoin Donation Wallet Holds over $600K in...Read More
Strategists at the leading U.S. bank have been crunching the numbers and comparing Bitcoin to traditional store of value assets such as gold. Led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, the analysts suggested that Bitcoin’s current market capitalization of around $580 billion would have to rise by 4.6 times to create a theoretical price of $146,000. This would...Read More
Bitcoin has been registering new highs on the price charts this year, despite the crypto seeing a period of mild correction. Unlike the 2017 rally, the 2020-2021 rally has been associated with institutional interest. Many prominent institutions have shown trust in the asset value of Bitcoin and included it in their company portfolios. These include...Read More
Financial strategist and founder of Rosenberg Research & Associates Inc, David Rosenberg said he would avoid investing in Bitcoin, as he considers the digital asset to be in a market bubble at present. The former Merrill Lynch chief economist also planned to stay away from Bitcoin at least for the next twelve months and instead...Read More
