Following the massive surge towards a new all-time high of nearly $24,000, bitcoin dipped and calmed around $23,000. Some alternative coins, such as Litecoin and Ripple, have added value in the past day resulting in the total market cap tapping $670 billion.Bitcoin Paints A New ATH And Slides To $23KBitcoin consolidated around the $19,000 mark for a few days before initiating an impressive leg up that resulted in breaking a few records.Initially, the primary cryptocurrency breached above...
Read More »Bitcoin Breaking Above $20,000 Is Not Suprising, Says Grayscale Managing Director
With bitcoin marching to new all-time highs and dragging most alternative coins higher as well, the assets under management for the leading crypto manager Grayscale jumped to nearly $14 billion. This is a 7-fold increase for the company whose managing director categorized 2020 as the “coming of age story for the asset class.”Bitcoin Breaking Above $20K Is Not SurprisingAs reported earlier today, the primary cryptocurrency went on a tear that resulted in reaching almost $24,000. With its...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: How High Can The Parabolic Move Go? Is $25K In Sight?
Bitcoin’s price has left everyone in shock today. Not only has the leading crypto broken the psychological $20,000 mark in the last 24 hours, but also the $21K, $22K, and $23K levels in rapid succession too.Over $71 billion has entered the global crypto market during this historical movement, pushing the weekly increase in worldwide crypto investment up to $119 billion.The dramatic surge in price has wiped out over 474 short positions on BitMEX worth a combined $131.4 million. This will have...
Read More »US-Based Hedge Fund To Increase Bitcoin Exposition to $1 Billion
The large bitcoin institutional investments keep emerging frequently, and the latest one has come from the US-based hedge fund One River Asset Management. After establishing a new company oriented in digital asset investments, the fund has purchased $600 million in BTC and plans to add ETH and expand its holdings to $1 billion in the next few months.One River Digital Asset Management Invests $600M In BTCBitcoin has seen a massive spike in interest from institutional investments in the past...
Read More »Nexus Mutual Hacker Now Demands $2.8 Million (4,500 ETH) Ransom
The attacker that drained over $8 million in NXM from the founder of Nexus Mutual had requested $2.8 million in ETH to stop disposing of the funds. As such, it seems that he has rejected the bounty offer from Hugh Karp of $300,000.What Happened With The Funds Of The Hack?CryptoPotato reported earlier this week that an unknown perpetrator drained over $8 million worth of the NXM token from Hugh Karp – the founder of the popular DeFi insurance provider – Nexus Mutual.The attacker duped Karp by...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Should Be $400K, Says Guggenheim’s CIO
With Bitcoin clocking $21,000 for the first time in history, one Wall Street investor is saying the top-ranked crypto by market capitalization should be worth a lot more.Bitcoin at $400,000, Says Guggenheim’s CIOIn a phone interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday (Dec. 15), Scott Minerd, chief investment officer at Guggenheim, said Bitcoin should be worth 20x its current market price.“Our fundamental work shows that bitcoin should be worth about $400k. We are going to, even if we have the...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Breaks $21K: Adds Over $2000 In Less Than 24 Hours
Bitcoin shows no signs of slowing down as the cryptocurrency market continues to expand. Over the past day alone, the total capitalization has surged by more than $50 billion and now stands above the $600 billion mark.Bitcoin Price Surges Above $21,000Earlier today, as CryptoPotato reported, BTC finally managed to break above the coveted $20,000 level for the first time in history, hence charting a new all-time high.To say that everyone expected what followed next, however, would be an...
Read More »As Bitcoin Breaks $20K – These Are The Next Possible Targets (BTC Price Analysis)
Bitcoin price has just surged by $1,300 in the last few hours, taking it $780 beyond the previous all-time high of $19,990. This is the highest price Bitcoin has ever been across all exchange platforms and has happened just as the American trading session got underway.In the last analysis, we predicted that the prior drop in volatility could have been a sign of an early accumulation before a new big move, and it turns out this was exactly what was happening.$24 billion has flooded into the...
Read More »Coinbase and Binance Experience Technical Issues During Bitcoin’s Rally Over $20K
Binance and Coinbase, two of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges, experienced technical issues in the past few hours, and users were unable to log in. The problems coincided with bitcoin breaking into uncharted territory above $20,000 for the first time.Bitcoin’s Surge Causes Issues On Binance and CoinbaseAs CryptoPotato reported earlier today, the primary cryptocurrency finally broke above $20,000. Bitcoin didn’t stop there and continued to a new all-time high level of $20,800.As it...
Read More »Almost $400 Million Short Positions Liquidated as Bitcoin Price Blasts Through $20,000
The cryptocurrency market, once again, took everyone by a storm, with Bitcoin finally making the move that everyone was eager for.The cryptocurrency broke above $20,000 and is even pushing further ahead. This has led to massive liquidations of short positions, the total number of which is almost $400 million in the past hour alone.More Than $500 Million of Short Positions Liquidated in an HourTrading is a zero-sum game. This means that for some traders to be profitable, others need to lose,...
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