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Nayib Bukele, who made history last year by becoming the first President to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, believes two more countries will follow this example in 2022. Additionally, he predicted a price tag of $100,000 for the primary cryptocurrency. It’s safe to say that El Salvador is the most open country in terms of BTC adoption as it voted for the asset to become legal tender in 2021. Following this historic move, the nation and its pro-bitcoin President have continued...

Options Market Analysis After bitcoin dipped to $42K on December 4th on Omicron fears, its price could not move higher than $52k over the last month. BTC is now trading at $47k. Short-dated ATM-implied volatility peaked at 94 and is currently sitting at 66. Source: Laevitas.chCalls for a $50K strike price have the highest open interest for 2,3 & January 7th expiries. Lots of calls were sold for these expiries over the last few days. It seems that low demand in the spot...

2021 was indeed an eventful year for the cryptocurrency industry. Many milestones were achieved within the last 12 months. We saw an influx of institutional investors adopting crypto assets, especially Bitcoin, as a hedge against inflation. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) became a thing for celebrities and retail investors, with billions of dollars traded in exchange for different digital collectibles. While the landmark growth of the industry was championed by different players,...

Although bitcoin ended up with a more than 60% increase in 2021, there was a bit of a disappointment in the crypto space. This is because the asset failed to increase into a six-digit territory and actually fell by 30% in less than two months. The creator of the popular stock-to-flow model, though, initiated a poll, which shows that nearly 50% of the community expects BTC to head to and above $100,000 by the end of 2022. Above $100K in the Next 12 Months? Before exploring the...

Following yesterday’s sudden price pump to above $48,000, bitcoin headed straight south and dipped below $46,000 hours later. The altcoins are also in the red, with over $60 billion gone from the cryptocurrency market cap. Bitcoin Dipped $2.5K on New Year’s Eve After failing to overcome $52,000 earlier this week, bitcoin had dumped by more than $5,000 in days, as CryptoPotato reported recently. Consequently, the asset struggled below $47,000 for a few straight days. The...

There are just a few more hours left to 2021 and what a wild ride it has been! Surely, it was the most explosive year in the cryptocurrency market in terms of both adoption and price performance. This is our last weekly recap and, unfortunately, things are not looking their best. Starting with BTC, the past seven days ended with a 5.4% decline and the cryptocurrency retracing back below $50K. At the time of this writing, bitcoin’s price sits at $48K, up 1% in the past 24...

Rep. Lee Kwang-jae – a member of the ruling Democratic Party in South Korea – is reportedly planning to receive campaign donations in digital assets. He also intends to issue non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a receipt for such contributions starting from mid-January next year. Crypto to Fuel Political Campaigns According to a December 30 report by The Korea Held, the cryptocurrencies included in the initiative will be the two biggest by market capitalization – Bitcoin (BTC) and...

December was a tough month for the price of BTC, recording a monthly low on December 4 just below $42K, according to Bitstamp. A little more than one day remains for this year, and it seems that BTC will end 2021 beneath the $50K price mark. Options Market Analysis An important factor that should be considered in options market analysis, especially in noteworthy expiries, is the Max Pain Price. Max pain price is the strike price that brings maximum loss to option buyers....

MicroStrategy – the company, spearheaded by one of the most popular and prominent Bitcoin permabulls, Michael Saylor – announced today that it had bought another $94 million worth of BTC. MicroStrategy has definitely made a name for itself in the past couple of years when it comes to acquiring BTC. Today, Saylor announced that the company has bought another 1,914 bitcoins for roughly $94.2 million in cash. The average price of the buy was around $49,229 per BTC. At the time...

One of the largest cryptocurrency mining companies – Marathon Digital Holdings – bought 78,000 Antminer S-19 XP Miners from the Chinese manufacturer – Bitmain. To acquire the equipment, the firm spent nearly $900 million. Marathon Deepens Its Mining Efforts According to the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ symbol: MARA) will receive the machinery in the second half of 2022. Bitmain will deliver 13,000 units per month in...