Tag Archives: Bitcoin (BTC) Price

Bitcoin’s price continues to show strength, and it’s trading very close to the all-time highs, with an intraday high at around $64,600 (on Bitstamp) at the time of this writing. The spot volume has been increasing for days, which is a sign of strength. The BTC price action has been impressive on the day the futures-backed BTC ETF started trading. However, it’s important to remain cautious in the near term as the open interest continues to increase – currently sitting at $14.4...

The moment plenty of people in the cryptocurrency community have been waiting for quite some time is finally here. The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF is live, trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The moment many have been waiting for is here and the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy futures-backed ETF, ticked BITO, is now live and trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Data shows that the daily range is between $40.07 as a bottom and $42.1499 as a top, where the ETF...

The talk in the crypto town for the past several days has predominantly been the potential launch of a Bitcoin ETF in the United States. After all, the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission has been reluctant to approve such a product for years, while other nations, like Canada and Brazil, did so earlier this year. The pressure on the SEC is mounting, and the appointment of Gary Gensler, who previously had experience with blockchain, was regarded as a promising step in...

Bitcoin’s price is up a considerable 100% since the lows below $30K a few months back, but one analyst believes that the true “bubble” hasn’t even started yet. According to CryptoQuant analyst who goes by the Twitter handle venturefoundEr, we have yet to see the real BTC bubble. He argues that “bubbles form when the momentum of short-term returns attracts enough money that the makeup of investors shifts from mostly long-term to mostly shor-term.” At the time of this writing,...

For the first time in history, we saw Bitcoin closing a weekly candle above $60K. This happened on the back of reports that the first futures-backed BTC ETF would be officially listed, pending no further interference by the SEC. It’s also important to note that the open interest, the funding rates, as well as the estimated leverage ratio all went up in the interim. This signals that it’s necessary to be cautious, especially given the possibility for the Bitcoin ETF...

BTC has been showing strength lately, driven by anticipation of the futures-backed ETF and potential launch early next week. It closed at $61.6k with more than double the daily average volume on Coinbase, showing strong spot buying. Possible Correction for BTC? Although near-term price action has been very bullish with a strong breakout above $52.9k in the last 2 weeks, we need to approach the BTC ETF launch with caution. The risk of a near-term pullback is increasing because...

The latest developments in the US claiming that a Bitcoin ETF might be just around the corner pushed the cryptocurrency to $63,000 hours ago. Most altcoins have failed to follow their leader north, and the BTC dominance reached a near three-month high. Bitcoin Came $2K Away from ATH On October 13th – just three days ago – the primary digital asset had dipped below $55,000 after getting rejected at the $58,000 level. The situation quickly changed in the following days, and BTC...

One of the largest Bitcoin whales, who has been quite active lately, sold 1,500 coins at $56,200 yesterday. Interestingly, they bought back a third of that quantity a day later at a higher price. As outlined by CryptoQuant’s analyst going by the Twitter handle VentureFounder, the unknown BTC whale sold a large chunk of 1,500 bitcoins on October 3rd at $56,200 per coin. In USD terms, this substantial amount totaled $84,300,000. This coincided with their recent strategy to...

The recent price surge from bitcoin has not deterred long-term holders from keeping their portions. Recent data from Glassnode informed that the percentage of BTC supply that has been held for at least three months had reached a record of over 85%. BTC Holders Refuse to Sell Citing data from the blockchain analytics company Glassnode, the Chinese journalist Colin Wu outlined the behavior of bitcoin holders and their most recent attitude towards the asset. As the graph below...

BTC’s recent 46% rally from the lows at $39.6k has been very impressive as prices pushed above $50k, the September high at $52.9k, with higher highs being made. The above further validates the completion of the bear trap down to $39.6k. Bitcoin has been finding initial resistance as anticipated in the $57.1k to $58.3k, a major zone of technical and on-chain resistance. Chart by TradingViewThe $50k to $58.3k zone includes many buyers from earlier this year who acquired Bitcoin...