Tag Archives: Bitcoin (BTC) Price

After several days of depressing price movements, bitcoin finally went on the offensive and shot up by almost $2,000 in the past 24 hours to register its highest price tag since June 8. Expectedly, this has resulted in millions of dollars worth of liquidations, with short positions representing almost 80%. Following the SEC’s lawsuits against the two largest crypto exchanges – Binance and Coinbase – as well as the CPI numbers from Wednesday and the Fed’s pivot from its...

There aren’t too many favorable developments within the cryptocurrency community lately. It all started last Monday when the US SEC decided to begin a legal battle against Binance and doubled down on its crackdown against large crypto exchanges by suing Coinbase the very next day as well. Expectedly, these rather unexpected events led to massive price crashes for the majority of crypto assets. Nevertheless, many managed to recover most losses by the end of last week, but it...

The Federal Reserve opted not to raise its federal funds rate following the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday, breaking an uninterrupted streak of aggressive hikes dating back to March 2022.  Bitcoin reacted to the announcement with minimal volatility, staying rangebound between $25,800 and $26,000. Bitcoin traded for $26,000 minutes before the Fed’s announcement, before falling to $$25,756 moments afterward. It trades for $25,868 at press time.  The...

The Bitcoin price remains in a consolidation phase below the $30K resistance level following its unsuccessful attempt to break above it a few weeks ago. Nonetheless, several nearby support levels have the potential to act as catalysts for a possible bounce. Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart: On the 4-hour chart, the price is still trapped inside the large descending channel and is on a slow downtrend, making lower highs and lows. Currently, the $26K...

The past 24 hours saw the majority of altcoins crash by a considerable margin and there are no signs of slowing down. However, there’s also a clear discrepancy between the price performance of certain altcoins to that of Bitcoin and Ethereum, both of which have remained relatively resilient. Bitcoin Dominance Soars Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin’s dominance increased to around 46% (data from CoinGecko). This is a major difference. The metric tracks Bitcoin’s share relative...

The price of Bitcoin is currently on a downward trajectory since it faced resistance at $30K in April. However, there are notable support levels that may prevent further decline. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart: On the daily timeframe, the Bitcoin price has consistently formed lower highs and lows in the past couple of months. The 50-day moving average acted as a strong resistance, causing a downward rejection near the $28K level. Following yesterday’s rebound,...

Bitcoin is up 4.5% on Tuesday despite back-to-back lawsuits from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) targeting two of the world’s largest crypto exchanges this week. The event has triggered $94 million in liquidations across the market over the last day – mostly consisting of shorts. Per data from Coinglass, $61.5 million in short trades have been cleared over the past 24 hours, alongside $32.4 million in long trades. At writing time, Bitcoin trades for...

Bitcoin has undergone numerous ups and downs in its relatively short history, but only a few have been proclaimed as a full-on bull market. The latest one was back in late 2021 when the cryptocurrency skyrocketed to its ATH of $69,000. What followed was a massive price decline that resulted in BTC dumping all the way down below $20,000 amid multiple collapses in the industry, as well as galloping global inflation and war in Europe. As bitcoin has recovered a lot of ground...

Bitcoin bull markets are typically categorized by tremendous price swings, and even though the direction is up, corrections also take place. During the last Bitcoin bull market that took place in 2021, the BTC price reached an all-time high just shy of $70K. It started the year trading at around $20K, exploded above $60K on a couple of different occasions, retraced by almost 50% toward the middle of the year, and shot up once again to almost touch $70K in November. Source:...

Bitcoin’s price is currently going through a phase of consolidation and has reached the 100-day moving average of $26,922. However, two significant support areas ahead on its path could potentially halt the ongoing decline and trigger the next bullish rally. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart During the consolidation correction stage, BTC dipped slightly below the middle trendline of the ascending channel and tested it as a pullback. However, the Bitcoin price...