Tag Archives: Bitcoin (BTC) Price

After last week’s plunge of over $1,500, Bitcoin rattled its 2020 positive run. The question remained if the $8,500 critical support level could hold the downfall, and, so far, it has.The largest cryptocurrency dipped below it to $8,440, but it managed to recover quickly. At the time of this writing, Bitcoin is trading at approximately $8,700.If BTC continues to increase, the first significant resistance level lies at $8,800, followed by $9,000. The latter also serves as a major psychological...

All financial markets went through a severe downfall last week. The most popular indexes – S&P 500, the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, etc. – dropped with more than 10% in what history says it’s one of the worst trading weeks ever.In times of uncertainty, investors generally turn to safer options. Gold is considered to be one of them. Yet, the precious metal, despite reaching its 7-year-high on Monday, also plunged later.It raised the question if gold can be truly trusted in similar conditions. Ed...

It’s safe to say that the past week was one of the worst for Wall Street and the global financial markets. The S&P 500 marked its quickest correction in history while other major indexes were also bleeding heavily. Bitcoin wasn’t left out, as the cryptocurrency lost a substantial chunk of its value. According to Michael Novogratz, there was a relation between both.Wall Street’s MeltdownGlobal stock markets took a beating in the last ten days of February. The S&P 500 lost about 12...

Since our previous price analysis two days ago, we saw Bitcoin trading under a tight range between $8500 from below and $8700 from above – which is the 200-days moving average line.As been mentioned in our recent price analysis, the $8500 is considered a critical support area. So far, this support holds nicely over the past three days, whereas the next few hours are likely to decide the upcoming move of Bitcoin’s price. The declining amount of trading volume also supports this thesis.Despite...

Bitcoin dropped by a total of 11% over the past week as the cryptocurrency broke beneath previous support at $9,550 and plummetted beneath support at $9,000. It continued to decline until reaching the current support at the 200-days EMA, which is bolstered by the .5 Fib Retracement at around $8,600. The momentum is certainly on the bearish side, and we should continue to expect further declines this week within the market. Once the rising trend line is broken, support is found at the downside...

Just five days ago, Bitcoin was trading for more than $10,000 per coin. As the coronavirus fears hit the stock markets, Bitcoin is not left behind.The coin had completed $1000 drop in just three days, and over the past two days, Bitcoin had continued its decline towards the $8400 – $8500 horizontal support. The latter was mentioned here on the previous BTC price analysis from two days ago.Looking at the daily timeframe, we can see that Bitcoin was testing the $8770 – $8800 zone for the past...

Bitcoin’s correlations with gold and the traditional financial markets have been challenged in the past several days. However, some members of the community believe that it needs to separate itself entirely to continue growing.Bitcoin Compared To Gold And StocksThe largest cryptocurrency has a compelling history when compared to other assets. For instance, it has a few examples of negative correlations with the traditional stock market. During the most intense days of the U.S. – China Trade...

There is the endless argument about whether Bitcoin is a safe-haven asset like Gold. This could be true most of the time; however, Wall Street and the global markets are facing a difficult situation resulting in a fatal drop of almost 8% over the past four days, surrounding the coronavirus effects.And Bitcoin, this time, correlates accurately with the global markets. The primary cryptocurrency continues its drop from yesterday, and completes over a $1000 loss of value in the past three days....

Finnish Customs seized 1,666 bitcoins several years ago during major drug busts. The digital asset’s value has grown with almost 2,000% since then, and the authorities are wondering what they could do with all the bitcoins.Finland’s Seized BitcoinsBack in 2016, police raids in Finland were a common sight. The notorious black market, the Silk Road, was operating in full force, and some deals were transmitted in Bitcoin. Thus, as Finnish authorities made several successful arrests, they managed...

Popular American venture capital investor, Tim Draper, recently said that he has been out of the traditional markets for the past six months.Instead, he has most of his investment portfolio allocated in Bitcoin as he believes its price will reach $250,000 by early 2023.Bitcoin At $250,000Draper has been quite optimistic regarding the future of the largest digital asset previously as well. Yesterday, in an interview for CNBC’s “Squawk Alley,” he reaffirmed his previous bold prediction for the...