The Federal Reserve announced no change to its policy interest rate following its Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday. Likewise, Bitcoin’s price showed little change after the announcement, down just 0.17% on the day. Per the Fed’s announcement, the central bank “decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent.” The statement noted that while job gains have slowed, they remain elevated. Unemployment is also...
Read More »Bitcoin Preparing a Charge at $27K While Altcoins Mostly Flat (Market Watch)
The cryptocurrency market has remained mostly flat for the past 24 hours, and Bitcoin has been unable to make a move throughout the period. However, this might as well be a stepping stone and a preparation for an attempt at $27K. Most of the altcoins have remained flat with certain exceptions, so let’s dive in. Bitcoin Preparing for $27K? Bitcoin’s price has failed to produce anything of substance throughout the past 24 hours and remains largely situated around where it was...
Read More »Bitcoin Needs to Break This Level Before Pushing for $30K (BTC Price Analysis)
Bitcoin’s price has been consolidating above the $25K support level following the recent drop from the key $30K zone. However, for the price to reach a new high and break past $30K, there is still much work to do. Technical Analysis By Edris The Daily Chart On the daily chart, the price has been rejected from the $25K support level and is trending higher. Yet, the 50-day and 200-day moving averages around the $28K mark are two significant resistance levels that the market...
Read More »Bitcoin (BTC) Price Prediction: This Level Comes Next According to Glassnode Co-Founder
The past few days have been relatively positive for Bitcoin’s price, which has been increasing since Tuesday, September 12th. At the time of this writing, BTC is trading at around $26,500, but the co-founder of Glassnode has a bullish prognosis. Consumer Price Index Important for Bitcoin’s Price In his prediction, the co-founder of the popular cryptocurrency analytics resource, Glassnode, outlined that the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped by 0.6%, which led to some...
Read More »Bitcoin’s (BTC) Quiet Streak May Spell Heightened Volatility Down the Road: Glassnode
Following a period of substantial capital inflows at the beginning of the year, the recent months have witnessed a shift towards either neutral or negative inflows, suggesting a period of stagnation as uncertainty took over the asset class. According to blockchain intelligence platform Glassnode, the market has been hovering on a relatively neutral level since April this year. This aligned with the slow-down in Bitcoin and Ethereum capital inflows and reflects a growing sense...
Read More »Arthur Hayes Weighs in on Why Bitcoin Failed to Reach $70,000
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said that the recent decision by the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) to lower interest rates is expected to trigger a rapid surge in Bitcoin’s price, potentially propelling it toward the $70,000 mark. Hayes had previously predicted that Bitcoin would reach this level after March, but the Fed had increased interest rates three times between March and the current period. Bitcoin’s failure to reach the previously predicted $70,000 level is due...
Read More »Bitcoin Investor Who Mistakenly Threw Away 8,000 BTC Plans to Sue Local Council
A Newport resident who accidentally disposed of a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin (BTC) is looking to file a lawsuit against the city’s local council for refusing to accept his request to dig up a landfill site for the lost crypto treasure. The investor has been trying to get his Bitcoin excavated for a decade, but local authorities believe this venture will harm the environment. Legal Measures to Retrieve Lost Bitcoin Stash James Howells has resorted to going the legal...
Read More »Bitcoin Dips Below $25K, Ripple (XRP) Plummets 5% Daily as Market Pulls Back
Bitcoin slid to $25,000 on Monday, after a period of flat trading over the weekend at roughly $25,800. Other digital assets followed suit, with XRP down 6% on the day to just $0.47. The drop marks Bitcoin’s lowest price level since mid-June when the asset reeled from back-to-back U.S. government lawsuits against two of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, Coinbase and Binance. The asset rallied when BlackRock filed for a Bitcoin spot ETF days later, and again when Grayscale...
Read More »Calm Before the Storm? Bitcoin Consolidation Around $26K Approaching an End (BTC Price Analysis)
After experiencing a significant downward move that brought Bitcoin’s price quickly close to the $25K threshold, bearish momentum has temporarily subsided, giving way to a phase of consolidation marked by low volatility. Despite this, the most likely scenario for Bitcoin appears to be a period of sideways movement followed by a temporary retracement towards the 100-day and 200-day moving averages (MAs). Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart The recent wave of intense...
Read More »Bitcoin in Search of Direction, Crypto Market Paralyzed This Week: Your Crypto Recap
The market has been relatively calm throughout the past seven days, and it failed to deliver any substantial increase (or decrease) in most of the cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin. Starting with the BTC price, it’s more or less where it was this time last week – slightly below $26,000. To be fair, the cryptocurrency is down around 0.8% over the past seven days, and it wasn’t for the past day, the week looked as if it never happened. The price hovered around $26K in search...
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