Tag Archives: Bitcoin (BTC) Price

It is now a well-known fact that payments giant PayPal is knee-deep in the Bitcoin market. In today’s interview with CNBC, CEO Dan Schulman explained his rationale behind the world’s top cryptocurrency value. He also elucidated on why his company is placing giant buying bets on BTC.The Utility Surrounding Bitcoin And Cryptocurrencies Is What Imparts Them ValueUpon being asked to explain the inherent value of bitcoin, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman immediately said that BTC and the aggregated class...

Bitcoin bulls have managed to buy up another dip today after prices slumped $650 during the morning’s early hours. This is the second significant price crash to have taken place over the last 48 hours, with BTC tumbling $1,000 yesterday to a low of $17,600 before correcting (marked by a white arrow on the following chart).According to popular crypto analyst Willy Woo, there has been a substantial spike in the number of ‘Bitcoin days destroyed’ recently. This refers to the number of bitcoins...

Bitcoin has become an even more attractive investment instrument in the past few months as its price has grown substantially. The number of BTC hodlers with at least 1,000 coins has surged to new highs, according to new data.Bitcoin HODLers On The RiseBitcoin has been on a tear since early October resulting in several consecutive yearly highs. The latest one took BTC to nearly $19,000. Meaning, that the cryptocurrency has almost doubled its value in less than two months.Typically, such...

Bitcoin’s volatility continued over the weekend with a few $1,000 moves taking it from a high of $18,800 to $17,700 and back. The altcoins, however, have kept their recent momentum going and have reduced BTC’s dominance over the market to about 63%.Bitcoin’s Volatile WeekendThe primary cryptocurrency displayed increased signs of volatility during the weekend. It started with charting a fresh yearly high on Saturday at nearly $19,000.After coming just inches away from breaking the 2017...

When Bill Harris, former CEO of PayPal, described Bitcoin as “the greatest scam in history” in an article for Vox, the last thing that would come to his mind was the role his company would play in the global adoption of this cryptocurrency.This was in 2018, just when Bitcoin was on a major bearish trend. The bubble —as Harris described it— exploded. But things changed, a new CEO replaced Harris and Bitcoin’s price slowly recovered. Well, slowly until PayPal jumped on the Bitcoin...

After almost touching $19,000 for the second time, Bitcoin has calmed and retraced below $18,500 (as of writing these lines). At the same time, most alternative coins have doubled-down on their recent gains. Ripple’s 60% weekly spike has helped the asset overcome Tether as the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap.Bitcoin Slows Down After Doule-Top At $19KBTC’s latest impressive price developments led to a notable leg up yesterday and yet another fresh yearly high. This time, the asset...

The Chief Investment Officer of the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, believes that Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are here to stay. Although he hasn’t invested in BTC, Rick Rieder asserted that Bitcoin could “take the place of gold to a large extent.”BlackRock’s CIO Believes In BitcoinFounded in 1988 in New York, BlackRock is an American global investment management corporation. In fact, it’s the world’s largest asset manager with over $7 trillion in AUM as of the end of 2019.Its CIO,...

Bitcoin initiated another impressive leg that resulted in charting a fresh new 35-month high at nearly $19,000. Only a few percentages from December 2017 all-time high. The altcoins have also painted notable price pumps, including a 25% surge for Ripple.Bitcoin Is Less Than $1K From Its ATHJust about five days ago, Bitcoin was struggling with decisively overcoming the $16,000 price tag. However, the primary cryptocurrency went on a roll since then, which drove it to $18,500 a few days ago....

BitcoinBitcoin went through another powerful 15% price surge this week, which saw the cryptocurrency climbing over $18,000 and reaching as high as $18,800. It was trading at $16,400 last Friday, and it struggled to break this resistance over the weekend.This change on Monday, when Bitcoin started to surge higher. It quickly managed to push above $17,000 and break the resistance at the 2018 High at $17,186. The bull run continued higher throughout the week until resistance was found at around...

Bitcoin price continues its parabolic intraweek rally with a surging breakout from the bullish pennant we discussed in yesterday’s analysis. Since the opening of the traditional markets on Monday, BTC has risen by an eye-watering 17%.With the leading crypto asset now holding at around $18,700, it’s only 5% shy from getting back to its all-time high set on December 17, 2017 – 1,069 days ago.Looking at the global crypto picture, a further $21 billion has entered the market in the last 16...