Tag Archives: Bitcoin (BTC) Price

Despite Bitcoin’s tumultuous performance following an announcement of the US Federal Reserve regarding its new approach to average inflation targeting, the cryptocurrency has managed to stabilize around $11,400 where it’s currently trading at.Elsewhere, Chainlink and Polkadot are both in red but LINK has returned to the top 5 coins by market cap.Bitcoin Spikes And DropsAs CryptoPotato reported yesterday, the US Federal Reserve announced new plans to target inflation averaging 2% over time....

In a statement released an hour ago, the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, revealed a serious policy shift aimed at average inflation targeting.As a result, the prices for gold, silver, and Bitcoin pumped collectively immediately after the announcement. However, all three assets have also decreased in a similar manner minutes after that.US Federal Reserve Taps the Standard 2% Inflation TargetIn his latest statement, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States,...

Bitcoin’s chart looks pretty interesting right now. On the 4-Hour BTC/USD, there is a clear bearish convergence forming between the 50 and 100 EMA lines for the first time since July 22.This typically signals that there’s more downside to come as short-term momentum drops in comparison to the longer-range momentum.However, looking more closely at today’s price action, there are some signs of hope that we might get a recovery shortly.Bitcoin’s current trend is resembling the start of a whale...

A brief glimpse at the Bitcoin price chart over the past decade clearly shows that we are in what appears to be the early days of the fourth bull market cycle. The asset has experienced multiple boom-and-bust cycles in its brief history, and three can be clearly identified with tops and bottoms.600 Days Into Current CycleIn a recent report by CoinMetrics, these cycles have been overlaid in an effort to attempt estimation at the length of the current cycle.The current cycle began when Bitcoin...

The cryptocurrency market has lost $20 billion from its market capitalization, as the majority of cryptos in the red over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin’s current weekly low is at $11,100, while Ethereum reached the target of $370 as predicted by CryptoPotato.The giant blockchain, Polkadot, is trading around $5.40 after the DOT token was added to major exchanges earlier this week at a price of $3. DOT is recording a fantastic ROI of more than 80% over the past four days of trading. Polkadot is...

Data from popular cryptocurrency monitoring firm reveals that institutional investors had a record-breaking number of leveraged short positions in Bitcoin futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).While this might imply a lot of things, it appears that smart money is leaning toward bearish developments in the market. Of course, there’s always the possibility of a short squeeze.Institutional Bitcoin Shorts on the RiseBitcoin’s price lost about $1,200 in the last seven days....

The crypto space is experiencing another red day today as a further $13 billion disappears from the market. This exodus of investment has caused Bitcoin to unravel $300 in the last 4 hours or about $1,200 in the last week.While there are no apparent catalysts for the current decline, Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, is scheduled to give an update on Thursday regarding new steps the United State’s central bank plans to take to keep the struggling economy afloat.With rising pessimism...

Bitcoin price is attempting to re-enter the bullish ascending triangle pattern that it exited out of last Friday, August 21, when the asset unraveled $500 in 24 hours.This previous key support, which had helped prop up Bitcoin over eight times since July 28, 2020, is now acting as a strong resistance on the 4-hour chart and is preventing bulls from surpassing the $11,800 level.Looking at the total crypto market cap, it appears that we have just set a new lower high at $369 billion, according...

After a relatively calm weekend without any major price developments and following a retest of the $11,400 support on Friday, Bitcoin slowly recovers. It is currently trading around $11,700. Large-cap altcoins follow Bitcoin as ETH getting closer to $400 once again.After Friday’s crush, this is the day of the low-caps altcoins.Contrasting Altcoin MovesEthereum and Ripple display somewhat similar performances in the past few days lacking significant fluctuations, slightly up judging by the...

In its latest report regarding Bitcoin, the leading digital asset management firm Grayscale has outlined the growing HODLing mentality from BTC investors, rather than so-called speculators.The company also asserted that store-of-value investment tools such as BTC are becoming more attractive to institutional investors, which could prompt a massive price surge soon.Bitcoin’s Growing MetricsGrayscale, which recently launched a successful commercial campaign highlighting Bitcoin’s merits across...