Tag Archives: Bitcoin (BTC) Price

After a highly volatile day in which BTC touched $60,000, the primary cryptocurrency has slipped to 58,000. The altcoin market is even more fluctuating, as Cardano has retraced following the latest gains and has lost its top three spot to Binance Coin.Top Ten Rotations Continue; BNB Ahead of ADAThe past several days were quite volatile for the altcoin space. However, most larger-cap alternative coins have calmed on a 24-hour scale.Ethereum, Polkadot, Ripple, UNI, Litecoin, and Chainlink have...

Although BTC has surged to about $60,000 and its market cap is well above $1 trillion, SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci envisions even further price increases. He compared the asset’s performance to Amazon’s stock and doubled-down on his belief that bitcoin is better than gold.Bitcoin and Amazon ComparisonEver since SkyBridge Capital announced plans to launch a Bitcoin Fund last year, the founder, Anthony Scaramucci, has used every opportunity to defend and praise the cryptocurrency on...

Bitcoin is up by a strong 7.5% today as the cryptocurrency grinds back toward the $60,000 level, this becomes even more impressive as Wall Street indices are down 1-2%. Decoupling? so far, so good.Quick recap: BTC had reached a new ATH over the weekend as it hit $61,780 (Bitstamp) on Saturday. From there, it rolled over during the start of this week, whereas on Tuesday it hit the current weekly low at $53220. There, support was found upon an ascending trend line that started forming on...

While Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan have taken a more pro-BTC approach, another giant US financial institution, Bank of America, has issued a report bashing the asset. In it, researchers called bitcoin impractical, exceptionally volatile, and questioned its store of value status.BoA Slams BitcoinCited by the Financial Times, the Bank of America’s report on bitcoin took a stab at several attributes, including its highly volatile nature. The researchers claimed that this “exceptional volatility”...

Billionaire US investors and writer Howard Marks is among the latest prominent individuals to warm up to bitcoin. In a recent interview, he regretted calling the cryptocurrency “unfounded fad” by saying that his comments were a “knee-jerk reaction without information.”Marks Changes his Tune on BTCBeing a relatively new invention aiming to revolutionize the stagnant traditional financial industry, bitcoin was the subject of numerous attacks, neglections, or mere dismissals.However, its...

The short-term bearish momentum for Bitcoin continues, following another 3.5% price decrease today as the cryptocurrency dropped by a total of $2,000 into the $55K zone.BTC had been performing well last week as it followed a steep ascending price channel and even managed to create a fresh ATH over the weekend at $61,780 (according to Bitstamp). From, there, it started to head lower as it broke beneath the ascending channel on Monday.The cryptocurrency found support at $54,560 (.382 Fib) on...

Retail investors have finally arrived at the bitcoin scene and have outbought institutions, claimed analysts from the giant multinational investment bank – JPMorgan Chase & Co. By analyzing data on popular retail-oriented brokerages, such as Square and PayPal, they concluded that smaller investors had bought nearly 190,000 bitcoins so far in this quarter.Retail Has ArrivedThe cryptocurrency community speculated for months if or when retail investors would come for BTC. After all, the...

Young Americans want to buy bitcoin, and they will use the stimulus checks to do so, said Galaxy Investment Partners’ CEO Mike Novogratz. He added that the primary cryptocurrency had become a proven asset in the past few months with the entrance of giant institutions and corporations.Retail Pushed Bitcoin Higher, Says NovogratzThe first-ever cryptocurrency went on a wild run in the past few days. During the weekend, bitcoin broke its previous ATH, breached above $60,000, and marked a new...

Bitcoin dropped by a sharp 6% today as the cryptocurrency retraced from $60K to reach as low as $54,557 on Bitstamp (.382 Fib) as of writing these lines.Prior to today’s price drop, Bitcoin concluded another bullish week in which it bounced from $56,110 to reach a new all-time high price at $61,780 on Saturday.Simultaneously, as shown on the short-term 4-hour chart, Bitcoin had managed to break above the neckline of an inverse head & shoulders pattern at around $52,500. The breakout...

Bitcoin fell by over 10% in a day to about $55,000 following a considerable correction. On-chain data suggests that it could be attributed, to some extent, to sizeable deposits to the large US-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, just before the drop. However, Glassnode data refutes this option, claiming that the transfers were internal.18K Deposited to Gemini Prompted the Price Slumps?Everything seemed to be going in BTC’s way in the past several days. The asset had just recovered from its...