Markets

Hunter Horsley – CEO of the technology solutions provider Bitwise – believes bear markets are a great period when investors could increase their exposure to bitcoin. He estimated that the next bull run will begin next year, outlining that his firm’s clients have already increased their interest in the asset. Fortunes Are Made in the Bear Market In an interview for Bloomberg, Horsley outlined the historical pattern of bitcoin’s price movement. During its existence, the primary...

Ripple has bounced from its recent sharp decline, perhaps indicating that buyers are still controlling the market. This structure has provided another opportunity to retest the overhead resistance. Technical Analysis By Grizzly The Daily Chart: Although Ripple has not succeeded in its repeated attempts to break the resistance zone (in red), the positive momentum is still apparent in the market. The emergence of higher lows in the lower timeframe signals greater buyer...

After a lengthy period of defending the $1200, Ethereum momentarily fell below this level, followed by a quick recovery to $1,343. This price action highlights the significance of demand below the $1200 support level. Technical Analysis By Grizzly The Daily Chart: At the time of writing, the market has recovered from the volatility caused by the recently announced CPI numbers for September. Ethereum has returned to the 200-week moving average (in white). Considering the 61.8%...

Bitcoin tried its hand at taking down $20,000 but was stopped in its tracks once more and has retraced by almost a grand. The altcoins are back in red after yesterday’s massive gains. This all came following the bloody Friday on Wall Street. Bitcoin Stopped at $20K The primary cryptocurrency was quite calm lately, but that all changed when the US announced the latest CPI numbers. BTC stood at $19,000 before it violently dropped to a multi-week low of $18,200. However, that...

The CEO of the US-based crypto giant said he wants to sell 2% of his entire stake in the company throughout the next several months. His intentions are to use that capital to fund some scientific research and companies. Armstrong took it to Twitter to inform the community about his decision, which is based on his desire to help accelerate science and tech to “help solve some of the biggest challenges in the world.” As such, he will sell 2% of his Coinbase holdings over the...

Despite the market downturn of 2022, legendary value investor Bill Miller remains bullish on his two favorite investments: Amazon, and Bitcoin. In a recent interview, the former chief of Legg Mason called cryptocurrencies “misunderstood,” and referred to Bitcoin as an “insurance policy against financial disaster.” Remaining Patient Miller voiced his opinion on the market in conversation with Marvin McIntyre – Morgan Stanley’s Private Wealth Management managing director – at...

New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) – an investment management firm that offers a wide variety of bitcoin services – reportedly laid off around one-third of its staff in September. Not long ago, it announced the departure of CEO Robert Gutmann and President Yan Zhao. Despite the redundancies, the former leaders remained as key members of NYDIG’s parent company – Stone Ridge Holdings Group. Joining the Dismissal Spree The Wall Street Journal informed that last month...

The past week saw the total cryptocurrency market lost about $30 billion in the past seven days, where most of the action took place yesterday. This was somewhat expected, given the US Bureau of Labor Statistics published the CPI numbers then. Let’s dive in. Bitcoin spent the majority of the week slowly bleeding out. The cryptocurrency was showing absolutely no signs of strength, which resulted in a painful chop and a decline below $19,000 on a couple of occasions. All this...

Founder of TTM Academy, the largest EdTech crypto platform in CIS countries, Vladislav Utushkin explains what common mistakes newcomers to the crypto world face, what misconceptions they most often get infected with, and why a bear market is the right time to launch an educational startup about cryptocurrencies. What is your estimate of the level of awareness of middle class people about cryptocurrencies? In general, the middle class doesn’t know much about...

Roche Freedman, the law firm behind several legal actions against crypto companies, was removed from representing the plaintiffs in the infamous lawsuit that accused crypto exchange Bitfinex and its sister company Tether of market manipulation. Filed in 2019, the lawsuit against the two companies seeks total damages up to more than $1 trillion. Roche Freedman Out of the Picture According to a Bloomberg report, a United States district judge for the Southern District of New...