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
Over the past few days, crypto markets have tanked 15% with more than $350 million exiting the space. Monthly support levels have been broken sending crypto assets to their lowest levels since late February as bearish sentiment returns. However, the 28% market correction is nothing new and has happened several times during every market cycle....Read More
On July 5th, Bitcoin fell below $54,000, experiencing a decline of over 6% in the past 24 hours due to increasing bearish pressure. The market downturn intensified after Mt. Gox, an early cryptocurrency exchange that went bankrupt over a decade ago, started to repay its customers following a lengthy bankruptcy process. The latest downturn has...Read More
German Member of Parliament and Bitcoin advocate Joana Cotar has called on the government to halt its rapid Bitcoin sell-offs. Cotar argued that it is neither “sensible” nor “productive” and believes that Bitcoin should be adopted as a strategic reserve currency to safeguard against economic instability. Joana Cotar Criticizes German Bitcoin Sell-Offs In a July...Read More
The defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt Gox has finally commenced creditor repayments ten years after filing for bankruptcy. According to an announcement from the Mt Gox Rehabilitation Trustee, the defunct estate distributed bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) payments to some creditors on July 5 through designated crypto exchanges linked with the repayment plan. Mt Gox...Read More
Around 18,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on July 5 with a notional value of around $1 billion. However, this week’s expiry event is much smaller than the big end-of-quarter contract expiry last Friday. Bitcoin Options Expiry Today’s batch of BTC derivatives has a put/call ratio of 0.65, meaning that almost twice as many long...Read More
Justin Sun is back with another ambitious proposition. The Tron Founder has now set his sights on the German government’s BTC stash, boldly offering to buy it all off-market to “minimize the impact on the market.” It all started with the German government-labeled wallet’s suspicious transfer of 6,500 BTC on June 19, worth more than...Read More
Bitcoin prices plunged below support at $60,000, falling to a nine-week low of around $57,000 during trading on July 4. This could accelerate a potential drop to or even below $50,000, according to Markus Thielen, founder and CEO of 10x Research. In a note to investors on July 4, Thielen said that the psychological $60,000...Read More
Bitcoin and Ethereum have emerged as the most profitable assets in the first half of 2024. The cryptocurrencies have outperformed various traditional investments, including the Nasdaq, S&P 500, oil, gold, the U.S. dollar, and government bonds. Bitcoin and Ethereum Lead Asset Classes in 2024 According to a July 1 X post by Matrixport, “2024 is...Read More
The German government has moved another stash of its seized Bitcoin to some of the world’s top crypto exchanges, stirring new fears of a possible liquidation of its Bitcoin reserves. Despite the latest transfers, it currently possesses Bitcoins worth around $2.82 billion. Germany’s Bitcoin Transfers Continues According to an update by Lookonchain, the German government...Read More
Crypto markets have started to recover over the weekend with a total capitalization gain of around 4%, primarily led by Bitcoin, which reclaimed the $63,000 level during Asian trading on Monday morning. This short week’s economic calendar does not have many big-hitting reports but could still shed light on the direction of economic recovery in...Read More
Analysts at market intelligence platform CryptoQuant have outlined on-chain metrics that could signal that the bitcoin (BTC) price has bottomed and cryptocurrencies are beginning to rally again. The latest weekly CryptoQuant report mentioned signals like higher bullish momentum, rising BTC demand, and faster stablecoin liquidity growth as the metrics to watch. Higher Bullish Momentum CryptoQuant’s...Read More
This is the last week of employment data before the June 12 Federal Reserve meeting kicks off. Investors will examine several economic reports that will be incorporated into the Fed’s future policy considerations. Friday’s crucial job market reports will be one to watch. Crypto markets have gone through the weekend with very little movement either...Read More
The weekly recovery of over 7% has pushed bitcoin’s price briefly above $67,500 – a level not seen in almost a month. The world’s leading crypto asset is currently eying to establish a new peak. With the latest upward price action, BTC has found new support. If flipped, however, this level could also prove to...Read More
The crypto market is rife with greed again following bitcoin’s (BTC) latest rally to a three-week high of over $66,000. Data from Alternative.me shows the Crypto Fear and Greed Index is currently as high as 74, indicating a period of greed among digital asset investors. Crypto Investors Are Greedy The surge in crypto market sentiment...Read More
The week started on a strong note, with Bitcoin rising above $66,000, a 3.02% increase over the past day owing to Hong Kong’s ETF development. With spot cryptocurrency ETFs being all the roar, Hong Kong has joined the trend by granting approval for several spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs on Monday. Hong Kong Welcomes Spot...Read More
The cryptocurrency market saw a massive correction in the past two days, starting with a red Friday and followed by a Saturday massacre. While the reasons are still debated, even though they seem to be external and not related to the industry itself, the fact is that the total market cap shed over $400 billion...Read More
