Tag Archives: Bitcoin (BTC) Price

Satoshi Nakamoto  — the pseudonymous Bitcoin (BTC) creator — may have mined over 1.1 million bitcoins if the details from a recent report are to be believed. Early Bitcoin miners like Satoshi were able to use CPUs to secure the network during the project’s infancy.The $10.9B Satoshi StashAccording to a report by Whale Alert published on Monday, an in-depth examination of the “Patoshi pattern” puts the Bitcoin creator’s horde at 1,125,150 BTC instead of the more conservative 600k-700k BTC...

Open interest for Bitcoin Futures on major derivatives crypto exchange BitMEX reached an all-time-high (ATH) as it crossed the $1 billion milestone. The record high happened for the first time since the crypto market crashed back in March 2020.Bitcoin Futures Open Interest on BitMEX at 4-Month HighAccording to data from crypto derivatives market data provider Skew, the open interest on Bitcoin Futures on BitMEX crossed the $1B landmark for the first time since Black Thursday. Across the...

The well-known economist and gold proponent, Peter Schiff, commented on the recent increase in the price of silver, saying that the metal has essentially become “the new Bitcoin.”The latter, on the other hand, has been particularly stable. Yesterday, the price gained just shy of two percent, which was the most action Bitcoin saw in quite a bit of time.Silver is the New Bitcoin, Says Peter SchiffPeter Schiff, a renowned economist, and author, has never kept it a secret that he’s no fan of...

Owing to its decade long correlation with the S&P 500 stock market index, Bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) model propounder Plan B thinks that BTC should have surpassed it’s previous ATH and hit the $25,000 price mark.‘S&P Implied BTC Price: $25K .. Interesting Times Ahead!’Plan B takes an interesting place amongst numerous other ‘Bitcoin analysts’ on crypto Twitter. A firm believer in the stock-to-flow model that he created for BTC, he posts daily price and market updates on his profile...

After weeks of sitting in a tight range, Bitcoin finally made a move yesterday and conquered the $9,300 resistance. The majority of large-cap altcoins also followed the upward tick, and, as usual, there are some notable fluctuations among low-cap alts.Bitcoin Is AliveThe last time the primary cryptocurrency stood above $9,300 for more than just a candlewick was on July 9th. Since then, Bitcoin was stuck in its quite familiar range between that level and $9,000.Yesterday, however, BTC showed...

Although the altcoin market remains highly volatile, most price movements in the past 24 hours have been sharp retraces with a few exceptions.Bitcoin, on the other hand, remains stable and hasn’t left its familiar trading territory of about $9,150-$9,200. In the traditional financial markets, the three largest US indexes are in the green as Nasdaq even tops a new all-time high.ATH For Nasdaq, Bitcoin Metric Suggests A Price DiveMore speculations and promises for a new coronavirus vaccine...

Chanpeng Zhao, CEO of the leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance, believes that there’s an ongoing altcoin season in the digital asset market.In a recent interview, he also emphasized on Bitcoin’s increased stability, joking that it has become a stablecoin now.CZ Suggests An Altcoin SeasonDuring the past several weeks, the altcoin market has boomed with double-digital increases charted almost daily. These events pushed cryptocurrencies such as Chainlink’s LINK to new highs. The DeFi sector...

Today, BTC/USD price appears to have reached maximum consolidation between two long-standing trend lines (see daily chart below). Volatility has also continued to diminish further over the weekend, with the Bollinger bandwidth now at 0.1 on the 4-Hour chart.These two factors suggest that a major move could take place over the course of today’s trading session. But which way will Bitcoin break out?The TechnicalsOn the 4-Hour BTC/USD chart, we can see that the current price action is tracking...

Altcoins continue gaining traction, while Bitcoin remains calm. This decreases BTC’s dominance over the cryptocurrency market down to 62%, which is the lowest point in five months.Altcoin Market Rises To The OccasionThe past 24 hours come as another example that the altcoin market is fluctuating massively lately. This is especially evident among lower-cap alternative coins. Today’s leader is Terra (LUNA), with a surge of nearly 40% towards $0.37.Band Protocol is next after going up by 32% and...

Clark Moody, the creator of the first real-time Bitcoin market data website, recently recollected the BTC market’s history over the last ten years. He pointed out that if the first BTC buyer held onto their holdings, they would have made a humongous 18.4 million percent return on his investment.It’s also worth pointing out, though, the overall influence that Mt. Gox as a Bitcoin exchange had on the overall development of the market.Unimaginable Bitcoin ReturnsIn a blog post titled: Ten Years...