On September 27, bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed a trading price of $66,500 for the first time since late July. This surge was accompanied by bullish sentiments from many investors. Instead of going higher, the leading crypto asset has tanked below $64,000 at press time. Blockchain market intelligence platform Santiment shares insight into a possible reason behind...Read More
US investors showed increased demand for the spot Bitcoin ETFs during the entire trading week, with more than $1 billion entering the 11 such US-based funds. Interestingly, the interest for their spot Ethereum counterparts has also picked up, as they registered their second-best week since going live in July. Over $1B in Bitcoin ETFs in...Read More
The United States spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) market is seeing a new wave of trading alternatives, including the availability of options. This latest move could attract liquidity and longer-term investors to the Bitcoin ecosystem, but it has a downside. According to a CryptoQuant report, the availability of options for spot Bitcoin ETFs could increase...Read More
On Sept. 26, CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju reported that America is regaining dominance in terms of BTC holdings. Its ratio compared to other countries is rising, “driven by spot ETF demand,” he added. According to the US reserve ratio chart he provided, holdings have been increasing for the past year but have yet to return...Read More
Bitcoin’s correlation with one of the oldest and arguably the safest investment instruments, gold, has risen to a five-month peak, according to data from IntoTheBlock. At the same time, Ethereum’s numbers point to precisely the opposite, even though ETH is supposed to be ultra-sound money following some of its updates in the past few years....Read More
A dormant bitcoin whale address was reactivated earlier today, according to data from Arkham Intelligence, and has moved 5 BTC to the crypto exchange Kraken. This was their third BTC transfer in the past few weeks after being silent for a decade, said the popular resource. Arkham data shows that the wallet received the bitcoin...Read More
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has reiterated his stance on the incoming interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve, terming it a “bad idea.” In an exclusive interview with CoinDesk on the sidelines of the Token2049 event, Hayes echoed his concern that risk assets like cryptocurrencies could crash shortly after the Fed rate cut. Rate Cut...Read More
Typically, a greater flow of new dollars to target lower interest rates inflates the prices of equities and fixed-income bonds. Since the advent of cryptocurrencies, financial markets have found that this new asset class is especially responsive to interest rates and bears an inverse correlation to them. Correlation Spotted: Bitcoin and Interest Rates A recent...Read More
The price of bitcoin (BTC) has entered a bearish phase, stemming from the asset’s constant decline and range-bound movement. As a result, the largest cryptocurrency has decoupled from gold. According to CryptoQuant analysts, bitcoin’s price has been declining while the yellow metal has rallied to new record highs, causing their correlation to turn negative. Bitcoin...Read More
Bitcoin’s price collapsed on Friday below $53,000, reaching its lowest level since the “Black Monday” following macroeconomic shakeups in early August. The collapse appears to have fully corroborated the prediction of BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, who believes there could still be more pain to come for crypto holders. Bitcoin traded for $56,925 at 1:25 PM...Read More
The Bitcoin market correction, which has been ongoing for the past six months, is currently around 23%, which isn’t too deep historically. However, analysts are growing increasingly bearish the longer this downtrend continues. In a post on X on Sept. 5, trader ‘Crypto Louca’ predicted that Bitcoin price will continue to retreat this year, falling...Read More
The realized capitalization of Bitcoin long-term holders (LTH) surpassed $10 billion this week for the first time ever. This highlighted the growing confidence among investors who hold the asset for extended periods, typically more than 155 days. The LTH metric is particularly crucial because it reflects the conviction of these holders in Bitcoin’s long-term potential,...Read More
Bitcoin’s correlation with the U.S. equities market has been rising for more than a month, as seen in the collective plunge and rally across different asset classes during the Japanese yen crisis earlier this month and the Federal Reserve’s statements at the Jackson Hole symposium last week. According to the recent edition of the Bitfinex...Read More
Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US saw an aggregate inflow of $202.6 million on Monday, Aug. 26, according to preliminary data from Farside Investors. This marks the second-largest day of inflows for the month and the eighth consecutive day in green for the investment products. Additionally, 12 of the past 14 trading days have seen...Read More
According to data from Soso value, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust contributed the bulk of the total amount with $14.2 million in net inflows. It is closely followed by Fidelity’s FBTC and Bitwise’s BITB, with $10.7 million and $10 million in inflows, respectively. BlackRock’s IBIT, which is the largest spot Bitcoin ETF by net assets, recorded...Read More
In a post on X on Aug. 21, Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan said that Bitcoin ETFs are being adopted by institutional investors “faster than any other ETF in history.” He noted that spot Bitcoin ETFs “are the fastest-growing ETFs of all-time,” having amassed $17.5 billion in net flows since launching in January. Hougan...Read More
The choppy consolidation in bitcoin’s price action has many market players worried. However, certain holders of the world’s largest crypto asset are seemingly increasing their holdings. In fact, bitcoin whales, particularly those holding between 100 and 1,000 BTC, have significantly increased their holdings. Bitcoin Accumulation Over the past six weeks, this cohort of whales has...Read More
Bitcoin’s weekly candle closed below its bull market support band making it the fourth week in a row to do this. The close of $58,748 has kept the asset below key moving averages, as depicted by analyst Benjamin Cowen in a post on X on Aug. 19. Moreover, the last three weekly candles have been...Read More
The bond market heated up last week as stocks began to tumble. As a result, Treasury yields (the coupon premium bondholders receive for buying a bond) are falling drastically. That could be bullish news for Bitcoin price. Bonds ended last week with the largest single-day point rise in 16 months as investors fled record Wall...Read More
The northern European country of Norway has a population of nearly 5.5 million. Moreover, the government’s investments for its citizens total some $1.7 trillion. A chunk of that is in Bitcoin stocks, and the government upped its holdings this year. Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund’s Bitcoin Spree Norway now indirectly owns 2,446 BTC through its investments...Read More
For the week ending Aug. 17, Bitcoin price continued its shaky action, even as low consumer inflation signaled an upcoming dollar supply glut and the S&P 500 Index rallied. The latest U.S. consumer inflation readout gave the Fed more ammo to justify a big rate cut in September. That’s bullish news for Bitcoin, because more...Read More
On Friday, August 16, around 24,300 Bitcoin options contracts will expire, with a notional value of around $1.4 billion. Today’s options expiry event is smaller than last week’s, so its impact on spot markets is likely to be limited. The much larger month-end expiry event currently has a notional value of $3.2 billion. Bitcoin Options...Read More
At one of Berkshire’s world-famous annual shareholder meetings in Omaha during the late 1990s, Munger said, “The first $100,000 is a b——, but you gotta do it.” “I don’t care what you have to do. If it means walking everywhere and not eating anything that wasn’t purchased with a coupon, find a way to get...Read More
Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has been on an aggressive Bitcoin buying spree. Earlier this week, it announced adding 21.877 BTC to its stash, bringing its total holdings to 225.611 BTC. At the current price, the Tokyo-listed company now holds Bitcoins worth almost $14.8 million. This investment strategy appears to have paid off as Metaplanet experienced...Read More
Bitcoin could potentially reach a “mid-term” price level above $1 million thanks to a series of hyper-bullish developments around the asset, according to crypto investment firm Mechanism Capital. The company’s co-founder, Andrew Kang, wrote to Twitter on Friday explaining why he thinks Bitcoin is performing “stronger than expected” despite several “poor market structure dynamics” that...Read More
Bitcoin’s price surged back above $66,000 on Friday, reclaiming its highest market value since early June. The digital asset ripped from $64,102 at 13:27 UTC on Thursday up to $66,472 at 17:00 UTC. It trades for $66,332 at writing time. This is the highest price Bitcoin has achieved since early June, shortly after the Securities...Read More
The US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw nearly $295 million in net inflows on July 8th. This represented significant buying activity, which was last seen in June, when Bitcoin was hovering above $70,000. Notably, major funds have appeared to have made a comeback despite Bitcoin struggling with downward pressure. BlackRock’s IBIT Tops ETF Inflows...Read More
Although bitcoin (BTC) has fallen to its lowest level since February 26 and has hovered around the $57,000 range over the last few days amid high volatility, Bitfinex analysts have seen on-chain signs that the leading crypto asset may not record any more dumps. According to this week’s edition of the Bitfinex Alpha report, market...Read More
Crypto markets have spent the weekend relatively flat, having failed to recover anything from last week’s $300 billion crash. Moreover, investors will closely watch this week’s Consumer Price Index report, as it is a key indicator of inflation that could signal the direction of economic recovery. Economic Calendar June 8-12 Fed chair Jerome Powell will testify...Read More
Bitcoin’s price has stagnated since its March peak due to tight U.S. monetary policy, which has reduced stablecoin supply, according to CryptoQuant analysts. “The reason for Bitcoin’s inability to rally further is fundamentally due to the tightening monetary policy in the U.S. since March 2022,” they reported on July 3. As a result, the overall...Read More
