Tag Archives: Bitcoin (BTC) Price

The cryptocurrency industry experienced its own set of failures last year when numerous internal companies and projects imploded, resulting in declining prices, countless bankruptcy filings, and, somewhat expectedly, lots of investor losses. This year started on a positive note, but crypto has once again taken a serious hit – this time, the most apparent reason coming from outside players. All of this has harmed the performance of bitcoin and most altcoins, resulting in yet...

The past seven days turned into a bloodbath across the entire cryptocurrency market, which dropped below $1 trillion in terms of total capitalization. This happens for the first time since January 14th. The decline comes on the back of a lot of negative macroeconomic developments, so let’s unpack. First things first, Bitcoin’s price is trading around $20,000, albeit slightly below it at the time of this writing. The intraday low sits at $19,549 on Binance and BTC is down...

It’s safe to say that Bitcoin’s price has seen better days. The cryptocurrency fell below $20,000, reaching an intraday low at around $19,791 (on Binance) and charting a decline of around 8% in the past 24 hours alone. Source: TradingViewThat said, the move didn’t come without its catalysts, so let’s have a look at five potential reasons why it happened. Silvergate Bank On March 2nd, Silvergate Bank – a financial institution that used to serve a myriad of crypto heavyweights...

The Bitcoin price has picked up some steam throughout the past few minutes, and the primary reason for this seems to be the fact that Jerome Powell is testifying before Congress. The  Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, is testifying before congress for the second day today. Addressing the House Financial Services Committee in remarks, the Chairman admitted that inflationary pressure is higher than they had previously anticipated. … inflationary pressures are...

After forming a bearish three-drives reversal pattern, the price has recently dropped below the neckline, delivering a significantly bearish signal for the short-term outlook. As of now, BTC faces an important support region at $21K. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart As expected, the three-drives pattern resulted in a trend reversal and a decline in the price. Bitcoin was recently rejected below the neckline and is consolidating with very little momentum. However,...

The cryptocurrency market has stalled in the past few days in a rather untypical fashion, but all that can change this week as there’re multiple major events and announcements coming from the world’s largest economy. It starts with US Fed Chair’s testimony to Congress and spreads to jobless claims as well as the unemployment rate. Powell to Testify The US central bank reversed its monetary policy after the COVID-19 pandemic began to fade away and started rising the interest...

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes published an essay on Thursday outlining “realistic potential situations” that could make oil prices boom, and make Bitcoin’s price skyrocket as a result.  The former CEO argued that such a scenario could spur central banks across the world – including the Federal Reserve – to return to a market-friendly loose monetary policy. Oil and the Money Printer In his blog post titled “Curve Ball,” Hayes described three possible futures that could lead...

This week was a complete rollercoaster in terms of price action as the majority of cryptocurrencies found themselves stuck in a chopping range before the ultimate leg down. Bitcoin was trading at around $23,300 this time last week, and a couple of days later, it attempted the first push toward $24K. it was unsuccessful, and at around the end of the week, BTC found itself below $23K. However, this dip was immediately bought up, and the price tapped $24K on Wednesday. The bulls...

Following an ultimately flat February, eager investors are curious: what’s in store for Bitcoin’s price this March? Here’s a look at how Bitcoin has performed each March over the last 12 years. On average, the asset’s price has risen by 10% each time.  Bitcoin, March, and the Halving In its earliest days, March wasn’t a particularly bullish month for BTC. The cryptocurrency fell by 8.2% to just $0.79 in 2011, and went on to move 0% in March of the following year.  Things...

With Bitcoin withdrawing toward $23k, blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant has noted two data points to keep in mind while monitoring the asset’s future short-term price action.  Analysts for the company found that some large players appear to be topping up the market with sell pressure – including Bitcoin miners.  Dump Alert? According to CryptoQuant analyst abramchart, whale activity is rising on Bitcoin spot exchanges.  The Bitcoin Exchange Whale Ratio – a metric...