The leading digital asset manager Grayscale continues to tighten its grip on the bitcoin supply. According to recent estimations, the company now owns over 3% of all the 21 million BTC that will ever exist.Grayscale’s BTC DominationLaunched in 2013, Grayscale is the largest cryptocurrency asset manager with over $27 billion in assets under management.Somewhat expectedly, the company’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) is the most popular product that enables institutions to receive BTC exposure through a...
Read More »JP Morgan: Bitcoin Needs to Reclaim $40K Soon or Momentum Will Fade
Bitcoin has to endure and overcome the $40,000 boundary in order to avoid a consequent major price correction. JPMorgan strategists say that otherwise, the major cryptocurrency might suffer investment outflow.The $40K Is the Key to Future Prospects for BTCAccording to a JPMorgan Chase & Co report, cited by Bloomberg, this level is an omen to more eventual losses.The major financial institution strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said that the cryptocurrency is at risk of further...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Battles for $36K As Market Cap Reclaims $1 Trillion (Market Watch)
BTC’s somewhat adverse weekend ended with the asset bottoming below $34,000, but bitcoin has bounced off since then and topped $36,000. New all-time highs for Binance Coin and Chainlink have helped the market cap to conquer the coveted $1 trillion level again.Bitcoin Tops $36KThe primary cryptocurrency was riding high above $38,000 before the weekend, but the bears didn’t allow any further increases. Just the opposite, they drove BTC’s price south on a few occasions.The asset dipped to...
Read More »Top 30 Cryptocurrencies Gained 300% on Average in 2020: Report
In its annual report on the developments within the cryptocurrency field, the popular monitoring resource CoinGecko asserted that the top 30 coins by market cap added on average 300% in 2020. Moreover, the paper noted that the most widely-used stablecoins had neared $30 billion in circulation after a 440% surge.2020: Best Price PerformersCoinGecko’s report noted that the market caps of the top 30 cryptocurrency assets grew by $552 billion (308%) in 2020. Thus, last year’s results have...
Read More »65% Say They Would Consider Selling Bitcoin If The Price Reaches $100,000
The cryptocurrency market has enjoyed the past several months with impressive gains, including all-time highs for bitcoin and several more tokens.As such, a couple of crypto analysts initiated Twitter polls to ask the community when they plan to sell their positions and realize profits.How Much Would You Sell At The Next BTC TopThe primary cryptocurrency has led the 2020/2021 bull run. Bitcoin had quadrupled its value since early October when it dabbled with the $10,000 mark to an all-time...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Correction Is Not Over Yet, $30K Before $40K?
Another volatile weekend: the Bitcoin price is down by 7% over the past 24 hours after losing critical support at $36,000. Only three days ago, the cryptocurrency pushed over $40K but failed to close above the benchmark level.After failing at $40K, BTC started losing altitude on Friday as it broke beneath a short term rising price channel. It then dropped into support at $34,800 (short term .5 Fib Retracement) and rebounded sharply, but couldn’t overcome resistance at $38K ($37,940, bearish...
Read More »Bitcoin Tumbled $3500 In 24 Hours: Altcoins On The Rise As BTC Dominance Drops To 66%
Bitcoin’s bloody weekend continued with substantial price declines as the primary cryptocurrency dipped beneath $35,000, for the second time in 3 days. In contrast, remarkable gains for Cardano (ADA) and another all-time high for Polkadot have sent BTC’s dominance over the market to about 66%.Bitcoin Loses More Than $3K In 24HJust a few days after the Monday crash, in which BTC bottomed slightly above $30K, the cryptocurrency managed to recover most losses and even tried its hand at $40,000...
Read More »Rollercoaster: $340M Long Positions Liquidated as Bitcoin Price Crashed $3000 In Hours
There are no boring days in crypto. That’s panning out to be more accurate than ever over the past couple of weeks. In the past few hours, Bitcoin’s price, as well as that of many altcoins, went on a rollercoaster, yet again, resulting in massive liquidation volumes across the board.Data reveals that over the past hour alone, almost $400 million worth of both long and short positions were liquidated on major exchanges.This happened as bitcoin’s price tanked from a high of about $37,700 down...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis & Overview January 15th: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Polkadot, and Cardano
This week has been particularly volatile. Bitcoin went on a massive correction, jumped back to $40K, and dropped again just a few hours ago. The majority of the altcoins followed. Polkadot (DOT), however, went on an impressive rally as can be seen in the below ROI chart for the coins we’ve selected this week.BitcoinBitcoin is down by a concerning 13.8% over the past week as it currently trades beneath $36,000. The downturn for Bitcoin started on Monday when it dropped by a steep 25% to reach...
Read More »Bitcoin Turning Into a Frenzy: Guggenheim CIO Scott Minerd Says
Bitcoin’s growing popularity is turning the asset into a frenzy, said Guggenheim Partners’ Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd. He also doubled-down on his recent optimistic price prediction, saying that BTC could indeed skyrocket to $400,000 per coin.Guggenheim’s CIO On BTC’s PopularityEver since the Wall Street behemoth filed a document with the US Securities and Exchange Commission seeking approval to invest in bitcoin, the entity has been significantly more bullish on the...
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