Recent data indicated that mid-tier traders took profits before and during yesterday’s massive price drops for bitcoin and Ethereum. Furthermore, it disputed the assumptions that whales and institutional investors have disposed of their BTC holdings.Mid-Level BTC Holders Took Profits Amid The DropFollowing the highly positive first days of 2020 in which bitcoin exploded above $30,000 to a new all-time high of nearly $35,000, the cryptocurrency retraced heavily yesterday. As CryptoPotato...
Read More »Why Warren Buffett’s Longtime Partner Is Wrong About Bitcoin (Opinion)
Bitcoin’s price has gone on an impressive run in the last few weeks, accelerating at a parabolic rate. Despite the most recent correction, the asset is still trading somewhat solidly above the $30,000 mark, charting an impressive increase of 310% since the same time last year.Yet, Warren Buffett’s longtime partner, Charlie Munger, is still far from being convinced on anything bitcoin. And he’s wrong.Charlie Munger: Investing in Bitcoin Is DementiaWriting for Yahoo Finance, GuruFocus’ John...
Read More »Taking Bitcoin Profits: deVere Group CEO Sold Half His BTC But Remains Bullish
Nigel Green, CEO of the independent financial advisory organization deVere Group, has sold half of his bitcoin stash during the Christmas holidays. However, he maintained his bullish position on the cryptocurrency for the long-run while highlighting the growing adoption curve.Green Sells Half Of His BTCFounded in 2002, deVere Group is a large financial advisory company with over 80,000 clients in 100 countries. Its CEO, Nigel Green, has been a long-term BTC supporter who describes himself as...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: Following The Massive BTC Sell-Off, Is The Correction Over?
Bitcoin price saw a day of major volatility after topping out at $34,800 yesterday. From there, the primary cryptocurrency started the week by dropping a sharp 16% to reach as low as $27,800 on Bitstamp in a much-needed retracement following an enormous rally.As shown on the daily chart below, Bitcoin reached the lower line of the ascending channel.In our yesterday’s analysis, we mentioned some bearish divergence on the 4-hour timeframe, which seems to have played out today. This retracement...
Read More »Three Arrows Capital Holds Nearly 37,000 BTC Through The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
Three Arrows Capital, a fund management company registered and supervised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, disclosed a massive BTC position through the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. The firm owns over 6% of all GBTC shares, meaning a total amount of almost 37,000 bitcoins.According to a document that Three Arrows Capital filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company owns 38,888,888 shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.This represents 6.1% of all 638,906,600 shares...
Read More »Bitcoin Lost $5,500 in Hours as the $29K CME Gap Got Filled: Is The Correction Over?
Since the opening of today’s candle, Bitcoin went on a rollercoaster, dropping around $5,500 and recovering some of it already. On its way down, BTC filled the latest CME gap at about $29,000 and jumped back above $30,000 immediately after.This raises speculations within the crypto community if this was a necessary correction triggered by the CME gap and if it’s already over.CME Gap At $29K FilledThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange allows institutional investors to trade bitcoin on its regulated...
Read More »Stuck on Uniswap: Average Ethereum Transaction Fees Spike Above $10
ETH’s price is not the only Ethereum metric rising in the past few days as the transaction fees on the network have skyrocketed to an average price of above $10. The popular decentralized exchange Uniswap still accounts for the largest share with over 30,000 ETH spent in the past 30 days.Surging Fees On The Ethereum NetworkAccording to data from the monitoring resource Ycharts, the average fees on the Ethereum network have surged recently to above $10. This development came following months...
Read More »Correction Time: $70 Billion Evaporated in 2 Hours As ETH Plunged From $1170 To $900
It’s perhaps safe to say that the past two hours have been some of the craziest on the cryptocurrency market for the past few years.The total cryptocurrency market cap surged to more than $900 billion, only to lose around $70 billion in an instant.ETH Lost Almost $300 In Two HoursThere’s no doubt that the center of attention over the past couple of days is Ethereum. ETH went on a rampage yesterday, claiming major resistance levels on the way up. It managed to surge to a high of $1,173 on...
Read More »Bitcoin Is In Its Biggest Bubble Believes Former Merrill Lynch Economist
Founder and chief economist at Rosenberg Research, David Rosenberg, has doubled-down on his narrative that bitcoin, similarly to the stock markets, is in a massive bubble. He warned that another bear market could emerge, similarly to what transpired following the previous bitcoin bull run in 2017.Bitcoin Is In A Bubble: RosenbergIn a recent CNBC interview, the former top North American economist at Merrill Lynch said that he’s avoiding getting into bitcoin, especially after its impressive run...
Read More »We Will Never See Bitcoin Price Below $20,000, Explains Willy Woo
Popular on-chain analyst Willy Woo believes that bitcoin’s latest rally is here to stay as the asset will not drop beneath $20,000 again.At the same time, more data comparing BTC’s behavior in previous rallies concluded that retail investors have not arrived yet but the cryptocurrency may already be in a liquidity crisis.Bitcoin Won’t Go Down Below $20K?It’s safe to say that bitcoin has been on a roll since Q4 2020. The primary cryptocurrency dabbled with the $10,000 level in late September...
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